News After raising $10.25m, AI music app Moises reaches 30m registered users Startup has attracted investors in both the US and Latin America
News Anitta and Warner Music Group part ways ‘after eleven years of successful partnership’ Anitta signed with Warner Music Brazil in 2013 and with Warner Records in 2020
News Primary Wave acquires stake in catalog of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan Deal sees company acquire a stake in McLachlan’s music publishing and recorded music catalog
News Sofia Ilyas appointed Chief Community Officer at The Beatport Group Prior to joining Beatport, Ilyas was a Director at headphone company Nura
News Record companies in Germany take legal action against stream ripper YouTube-DL Hamburg Regional Court has issued an injunction requiring the individual to stop hosting the software
News Bids fall short for Warner Bros. Discovery music assets as sale process stalls (report) Company is reportedly 'scaling back' its plans
News Wise Music Group acquires classical music publisher Edition Peters Group Company was founded in 1800
News Songtradr closes $23.4m acquisition of B2B music firm 7digital With teams in 16 countries worldwide, Songtradr says it has grown from being a music tech product for independent artists to a "multi-disciplined, end-to-end solution for music buyers, brands and rights holders".
News Trouble in Utopia? As firm offloads Sentric to Believe, tax debt looms and employees go unpaid in Sweden Trouble is brewing for the headquartered tech and artist services company in Sweden
Analysis News The top 1,000 songs on YouTube’s TikTok rival Shorts saw more than 280bn combined views in January 2023 YouTube publishes new set of stats for its short-form video platform
News Warner says its staff cuts will generate ‘savings’ of around $50m annually. Expect much of it to be reinvested in tech. Company to reduce global workforce by about 4%
News Believe blasts into publishing, buying $51m-valued Sentric Believe is acquiring full ownership of Sentric, which was held by Utopia since February 2022
News Mike Smith to exit as Global President of Downtown Music Services; Emily Stephenson promoted to President, Publishing at Downtown Music Jedd Katrancha also promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, Publishing
News Isabel Garvey appointed Chief Operating Officer at Warner Music UK Garvey was most recently MD of London's legendary Abbey Road Studios
News Jen Ivory named new Parlophone MD; Warner UK label downsizes as Nick Burgess, Mark ‘Mitch’ Mitchell and Jack Melhuish exit Jennifer Ivory, currently, SVP, Warner Records UK, will be taking over as Managing Director