News TikTok: Music e-commerce plans WON’T be affected by TikTok Shop availability The FT reported that TikTok has scrapped the expansion of its TikTok Shop feature into the US and Europe
News 1 in 3 music listeners in the US discover new music through Twitch, according to new report Study from Twitch and analytics platform Luminate sheds light on how the platform is driving music discovery in the US
News Music licensing platform Freshsound raises $1.33m, recruits ex-Sony and Warner exec Helen McLaughlin to lead catalog expansion McLaughlin is a former Managing Director of Warner Music Sweden, Head of A&R at Sony Music Sweden
News Deezer goes public: Spotify rival makes stock market debut on Euronext Paris Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira rings opening bell
News Rehegoo Music partners with B2B music firm Tuned Global to launch new background streaming service New streaming service is called Music for Spaces
News Arctic Monkeys’ label Domino grew its turnover by 31.6% in 2021, driven by strong catalog sales AM, the 2013-released fifth album from Arctic Monkeys was the UK’s No.1 best-selling independent album in 2021
Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The big stories from the past week
News Anghami acquires events and concerts company Spotlight, as it expands into live entertainment Deal will see Spotlight Events become Anghami's arm for live events and concerts
News Kanye West sued for allegedly sampling Chicago House legend Marshall Jefferson’s music without permission Suit was filed by Ultra International Music Publishing in New York
News Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass to exit Round Hill Carlin as UK MD Music industry veteran to leave publisher after four-and-a-half years with the company
News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and video Acquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness
News US TikTok ban back on the cards as FCC commissioner asks Apple and Google to remove app from stores FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr calls for the app's removal from the Google Play and Apple App stores
News SoundExchange sues Slacker and parent company LiveOne over unpaid royalties to creators Lawsuit was filed in California on Tuesday, June 28
News DistroKid officially rolls out DistroVid music video distribution service Launch partners include Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL and Vevo
News CAA closes acquisition of rival ICM Partners in $750m deal (report) Deal was first announced by the companies in September 2021