News Sony Music Group opens new Southeast Asia HQ in Singapore New office will be home to Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing (SMP) and The Orchard
News Snoop Dogg, Google Ventures and Samsung join $450m seed funding round for Yuga Labs, the web3 firm behind Bored Ape Yacht Club Funding round values Yuga Labs at $4 billion
News Roblox and Sony reveal that 24kGoldn will be the latest artist to perform a virtual concert on the gaming platform Pre-concert 'quests' have already seen over 1.6m visits
News Apple’s music recognition app Shazam is also a concert discovery platform now Shazam now counts over 225 million monthly active users
News Muni Long partners with Def Jam Recordings via Supergiant Records label Breakthrough hit Hrs & Hrs has racked up over 150m streams
News Global recorded music revenues hit $25.9bn in 2021, up 18.5% YoY IFPI reveals recorded music revenue figures in Global Music Report 2022
News Immersive live-streaming tech company Volta raises $3m from Deadmau5, Robb McDaniels and more Other investors include Techstars Music and 7 Percent Ventures
News Reservoir acquires rights in catalog of film score composer Henry Jackman Deal includes rights in entire catalog, including scores for blockbuster films like the Captain America franchise, Wreck-It Ralph and Jumanji
News Mushroom Group and AEG Presents unveil new leadership structure for Frontier Touring Adam Wilkes moves to the role of Chairman of the Frontier Board in conjunction with his role as President and CEO, AEG Presents Asia Pacific
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News CISAC: ‘Each individual society should decide on whether to maintain their business relationships with Russian societies.’ CISAC clarifies position on RAO
News Peter Rosenthal appointed EVP, Global Head of Legal and Business Affairs at Warner Chappell Rosenthal joins Warner Chappell from Downtown Music Holdings
News Confirmed: Warner acquires the Middle East’s Qanawat Music Qanawat Music operates as a music distributor across the Middle East and North Africa
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News Global recorded music revenues reached $28.8bn in 2021, says Midia Estimates for global recorded music revenues in 2021 were published by Midia today (March 18)