News Creative Artists Agency to acquire rival ICM Partners ICM's music roster includes Nicki Minaj, Madison Beer, Little Simz, J.Cole, Khalid and more
News Fortnite maker Epic Games and Warner Music join $7m funding round for music licensing platform Lickd Lickd is a service for video creators to access claims-free commercial music
News eOne Music changes name to MNRK Music Group Chris Taylor will continue to head MNRK Music Group as its President & CEO
News Warner Music Group and Twitch ink ‘first-of-its-kind’ partnership Deal marks the platform's first partnership with a major record company
News TikTok surpasses 1 billion global Monthly Active Users App was reaching 732 million monthly active users in October 2020
News Roblox strikes deal with music publishers Lawsuit dismissed and plan set to expand music in the metaverse
News Roblox launches Listening Parties for artists to premiere new albums Poppy was the first to host a Listening Party on the platform
News Mary Ghobrial joins Anghami as Chief Operating and Strategy Officer Exec is the former Amazon Director Marketplace Expansion and ex-CCO of SOUQ.com
News Ticketing platform DICE raises $122m in Series C funding Round was led by new investor, SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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News Natasha Baldwin promoted to EVP, Classics and Screen at Universal Music Publishing Group Baldwin is responsible for leading UMPG’s global classical and screen composer businesses.
News Dara Michelle appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Marketing at Def Jam Recordings Michelle comes to Def Jam after a year-long marketing consultancy for RBMG/Def Jam artist Justin Bieber
News Steve Carless joins Warner Records as President, A&R Prior to Warner, Carless was Executive Vice President of A&R at Universal Music Group’s Republic Records
News Lizzo and Justin Timberlake invest in connected fitness tech brand Hydrow Company has secured almost $200m in cumulative funding
News Marie-Anne Robert appointed Managing Director of Sony Music France Robert will oversee all operations, marketing, signings and acquisitions in the country