News Jimmy Iovine and Finneas join $15m funding round for immersive content firm, YOOM Company has now raised $50 million in total
Analysis News Apple Music just raised its subscription price to $10.99 in the US. Will Spotify be next? In the US, starting from Monday (October 24), an individual Apple Music subscription will go up by $1 per month
News Merlin strikes multi-territory licensing deal with TikTok rival Kuaishou Kuaishou claims to have more than 1 billion Monthly Active Users worldwide
News Ahmed Nureni named General Manager of Warner Music Middle East, as Moe Hamzeh steps down after 5 years Nureni will also remain GM of Qanawat Music
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News Epidemic Sound bolsters management team with appointment of former Airbnb and Google execs Rikard Herlitz appointed Chief Technology Officer and Julian Persaud named Chief Commercial Officer
News Songtradr launches new ‘Smart Sync’ digital rights management tool Smart Sync 'offers the most advanced digital rights management technology in the market,' says Songtradr
News Brian Glover named Senior Director of Streaming at Create Music Group Glover joins Create from independent label Cinematic Music Group
Analysis News This AI firm just raised $101m at a reported $1bn valuation – and music is one of its areas of focus Stability AI is described as the 'world's first community-driven, open-source artificial intelligence company'
News EMPIRE expands into electronic music via acquisition of dance label Dirtybird Dirtybird was founded in San Francisco in 2005 by Barclay Crenshaw, also known as Claude VonStroke
News Reservoir acquires catalog of Swing legend Louis Prima Deal includes rights to both Prima’s publishing and recorded music catalogs
News Tim Hrycyshyn promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy at Republic Records Hrycyshyn joined Republic Records in 2015 as Director of Digital Marketing
News Michael Knox promoted to President of peermusic Nashville Knox previously served as Senior Vice President of peermusic Nashville
Analysis News After a ‘challenging’ H1, Netflix beats expectations to add 2.4m subs in Q3 Netflix's total paid subscriber base at the end of Q3 was 223 million
News Hazel Savage, Music Intelligence VP at SoundCloud, and founder of Musiio, joins Tuned Global board UK-based Savage will primarily focus on supporting growth across EMEA, US and APAC territories