News George Michael estate renews global deal with Warner Chappell Music UK George Michael sold more than 125 million records worldwide
News Downtown Music Holdings names new global finance and investment team Jan Peter Kerstens, named Downtown CFO; Alan Goodstadt, named Chief Investment Officer and Becca Klein appointed Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis
News Sony Music Middle East and Spotify rival Anghami launch JV record label, Vibe Music Arabia Rami Zeidan will be leading Vibe Music Arabia as General Manager
News Don’t sleep on the creator revolution: Bandlab valued at $303m as it raises $53m BandLab is the flagship product of BandLab Technologies, a division of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group (CMG)
News Warner buys 300 Entertainment for around $400m Hip-hop label is home to artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Gunna, and Young Thug
News Concord Music Publishing acquires catalog of Country singer-songwriter Andy Albert Songwriter also inks worldwide publishing deal covering full acquired catalog and future works
News Music’s first $500m artist catalog deal finally arrives as Bruce Springsteen sells rights to Sony Springsteen reportedly sells masters and publishing rights to Sony Music
News Unreleased Whitney Houston recording NFT sells for $1m NFT was auctioned on Quincy Jones-backed OneOf NFT platform
News Live Nation sued by Goldenvoice over alleged infringement of Coachella trademark Goldenvoice takes legal action over an event called Coachella Day One 22
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News Sony Music Group boss Rob Stringer to receive 2022 Grammy Salute To Industry Icons award Stringer to be honored 'for his leadership, impact and dedication to advancing innovation in the music industry'
News Universal’s Virgin Music Label & Artists Services expands across Western Balkans region Nikola Jovanovic appointed Vice President Virgin Music Label & Artists Services, Western Balkans / Head of Society Relations
News Reservoir acquires stake in publishing catalog of Fred Parris, Founder Of The Five Satins Parris is best known as the writer and lead singer of In the Still of the Night
News 430 songs surpassed 1bn video views on TikTok in 2021 – 3 times more than in 2020 ByteDance-owned platform publishes new 'Year on TikTok 2021 Music Report'