News East Goes Global closes $1m seed round with investment from artists and managers Notable investors in the round include FLETCHER, Ingrid Andress, Jessie J, Jessie Reyez, managers Alfredo Tirado, James Dai, Larry Rudolph and others
News What do the world’s biggest music companies really think about the economics of streaming? A summary of what a number of leading global music companies argued to Britain's Competition and Markets Authority
News Anghami monthly subs up 41% YoY in H1, according to preliminary results Total revenue grew 29% YoY to $21.1 million in H1 2022
Analysis News Paul Pacifico repped artists at the FAC, then indie labels at AIM. Is he now off to rep major labels at the BPI? Pacifico will continue as CEO until the end of the year
Analysis News TikTok owns a patent for a music service – and it’s hiring for ‘TikTok Music’ staff. TikTok owns a patent for a music platform in the US. But there's a twist...
Analysis News Capitol Records just signed a virtual artist, FN Meka. He has over 10 million followers on TikTok. FN Meka has 10 million followers on TikTok
News Germany’s record business generated $1bn in the first half of the year, up 5.5% YoY New H1 2022 figures have been published by German Music Industry Association (BVMI)
Analysis News Spotify has spent $1.2bn+ on companies to scale its non-music business over the past 3 years A round-up on acquisitions made by Spotify over the past three years
Interviews ‘Independent and self-distributed artists will continue to erode the market dominance of Universal, Sony and Warner.’ Downtown CCO Tracy Maddux on the firm's investment strategy, and his predictions for the independent artist sector...
News As live music bounces back after lockdown, Spotify dips a toe into concert ticket business Spotify tests concert ticket sales direct to fans
News Dalia Ganz joins Warner Records as SVP, Digital Marketing Exec joins Warner Records following 17 years with The Walt Disney Company
Analysis News Music and travel startup Pollen falls into administration, three months after raising $150m Firm calls in restructuring experts Kroll
News Warner Music Canada inks exclusive worldwide distribution deal with indie label Chaos Club Digital Chaos Club Digital is a Vancouver-based music and technology company
News After raising $34m, beatBread strikes 11 new distributor partnerships across North America, Europe and Africa Company inks 'white label agreements' with 11 music distributors
News Luke Armitage promoted to Senior Vice President of Astralwerks Armitage was previously Vice President of Marketing for Astralwerks