News Spotify launches real-time lyrics for all Free and Premium users globally Feature has been launched in partnership with Lyrics provider Musixmatch
News TikTok strikes multi-year music licensing deal with and APRA AMCOS Deal will also account for TikTok’s past use of musical works, including the service Musical.ly
News Ryan Press promoted to President, North America at Warner Chappell Music He will have a focus on the US and Canada and will continue to report to WCM Co-Chairs, CEO Guy Moot and COO Carianne Marshall
News TIDAL to launch user-centric royalties system and direct-to-artist payments TIDAL makes raft of announcements around membership tiers and artist payments
Interviews ‘The music industry can feel like playing the lottery for musicians. But those building communities on Twitch are getting rewarded.’ Twitch's Tracy Chan answers MBW's questions
News CTM Outlander buys music rights from Grammy-winning songwriter Natalie Hemby Catalog consists of 189 released songs
News TuneCore launches service for DIY artists to distribute music to social platforms like TikTok and Instagram Company has introduced a new service for artists to distribute music directly into music libraries of social media platforms
News Spotify acquires Findaway to ‘revolutionize the audiobook space’ Findaway will continue to be led by Founder & CEO Mitch Kroll
News After making tens of millions on Roblox, Warner places another gaming investment bet Forte's tech enables economic features such as token wallets, non-fungible token (NFT) minting and selling
News Warner’s recorded music revenues just topped $1bn for the fourth straight quarter WMG has published its fiscal results for the three months to end of September
News Three Six Zero founder Mark Gillespie named Senior Advisor to music NFT platform Opulous Opulous recently raised $500,000 with Lil Pump by selling slices of rights to artist's track as NFTs
News Snapchat inks licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment Deal means that Snap now has partnerships in place with all three major labels
News Meet KINGSHIP, a new virtual group launched by Universal label 10:22PM 10:22PM founder Celine Joshua, 'engineered the landmark, first-ever exclusive agreement to create a metaverse group', according to Universal Music Group
News EMPIRE just paid a $1m advance to an artist in Bitcoin via Cash App EMPIRE says its payment to Money Man marks the first advance paid entirely in Bitcoin by a record label
News Catch Point Rights Partners and M3 Music strike pact to source Latin Music catalog acquisition opportunities Firms to look for opportunities in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Brazil