News Tencent, Tencent Music to buy 10% stake in Thailand’s IPO-bound GMM Music for $70m GMM Music is bullish that the partnership with Tencent and TME will make a “fandom economy possible”
News AEG CEO Jay Marciano labels Live Nation/Ticketmaster a ‘monopoly,’ asserts DOJ will win lawsuit “While it may take some time, we strongly believe that DOJ’s lawsuit will succeed and ultimately bring sweeping changes"
News Artist Legacy Group named global representative of DMX’s estate DMX's music has seen a resurgence of interest since the rapper's untimely passing in 2021
News Domino and Sentric Music join RDx global data exchange service Launched by IFPI and WIN and operated by PPL, the RDx platform aims to streamline music data for royalty collections
News Spotify hit with class action lawsuit over discontinued ‘Car Thing’ device Consumers who purchased the device “are left with nothing more than a paperweight that cost between $50 and $100"
News Firebird signs physical sales and distro deal with Proper Distribution The agreement will see Proper offer its services to Firebird's network of labels, artist management companies and other creative businesses
News Warner Music Latina inks global deal with Dominican artist Tokischa to launch new record label, SOL The deal is also supported by Atlantic Records
News Sony Music Publishing mulls ‘all options’ against Spotify over bundling subscriptions "Spotify is taking the position that all US subscribers are part of a bundle without choosing the bundle option"
News Julian Dunn appointed Director of Business Affairs at music funding platform beatBread Dunn brings with him years of experience in debt financing and the B2B software sector
News Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton shine at 59th Annual ACM Awards Post Malone, Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne were among the not-so-country performers at the awards
News PMY Group taps Audoo for music royalty reporting at large events PMY says the move is meant to address the lack of transparent reporting that has resulted in “billions of dollars annually” in unclaimed music royalties
News Seeker Music and MITH Media team up to expand in US and Latin Music market The first two signings under the partnership are with songwriter K. Sotomayor and singer-songwriter Dēlian
News Epidemic Sound considers IPO by 2025 (report) The company, which provides royalty-free sound and music to creators, was valued at $1.4 billion in 2021
News Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker sells complete song catalog to Sony Music Publishing The new deal covers both Parker's existing song catalog as well as his future works.
News Warner Music bolsters A&R and marketing team for Música Mexicana led by Tomas Rodríguez Warner's enhanced, integrated new marketing and A&R team for Musica Mexicana comes at a time of explosive growth for the genre