News David Bowie estate in talks to sell catalog for $200m (report) Will music's next rights mega-deal be for David Bowie's catalog?
News Utopia Music acquires Lyric Financial, expands into the US Lyric Financial has advanced over $100 million worth of royalties to artists
News TuneCore strikes partnership with Peloton Music TuneCore to start distributing artists' music to Peloton Music
News UnitedMasters valued at $550m, after raising $50m in new funding round Round was led by Andreessen Horowitz
News Post Malone manager Dre London launches new record label, London Music Group London is launching the label in partnership with music technology platform Vydia
News Is 300 Entertainment up for sale at $400m? 300 Entertainment is one of the most successful modern independent labels in the United States
News Universal Music Group joins WIPO for Creators as first corporate sponsor WIPO for Creators is a public-private partnership supporting IP rights for creators across the arts
News Merlin strikes strategic partnership with free music streaming app TREBEL TREBEL caters to users who are unlikely to subscribe to premium paid music services
News Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s first statement to investors as the CEO of a publicly-traded Universal Music Group UMG boss outlines "long-term, career-oriented" vision for the future
News Spotify offloads two thirds of its stake in DistroKid for $167m Spotify made a minority investment in DistroKid back in 2018
News Spotify subscriptions reached 172m in Q3, up by 7m on the previous quarter Spotify has published its financial results for Q3 2021
News Here’s exactly what Spotify, Apple and other streaming services want to pay songwriters from 2023 onwards. MBW rifles through the filings of Big Tech to see what the likes of Google and Spotify are proposing
News Sony Music Publishing strikes partnership with Punjabi/Hindi content specialist White Hill Music SMP to provide global publishing services, including administration, sync, and catalog promotion
News Primary Wave buys stake in Luther Vandross publishing and master recording income stream as part of $40m deal (report) Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide
News Superstar EDM duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike team up with Sony and Tencent’s JV label, Liquid State in China 300+ song strong catalog to be licensed to Liquid State in China