News FUGA rolls out spatial audio support and automated delivery to Apple Music FUGA is a Preferred Plus partner on Apple Music
News From Universal’s new board to Warner’s David Bowie partnership: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News TikTok owner ByteDance readies new music streaming app in China (report) ByteDance reportedly started work on the app back in 2019
News Martin Bandier, SESAC’s John Josephson, and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures join $5m funding round for blockchain streaming service Audius The Chainsmokers, Nas, Jason Derulo and Pusha T also invest in platform
News Warner Music South Africa acquires local independent label Coleske Coleske is the largest independent label focusing on Afrikaans repertoire
News Lyrics firm Genius acquired for $80m by MediaLab Genius is a lyrics database, editorial publisher, and digital media company founded in August 2009.
News Dance music NFT platform RCRDSHP closes multi-million dollar seed round, backed by the buyers of $69m Beeple digital art piece RCRDSHP collectibles are built on the Flow blockchain
News JioSaavn and Merlin ink expanded global music licensing partnership Deal marks the first renewal between the two parties since regional music streaming service Saavn merged with India’s JioMusic
News Superstar Helene Fischer extends long term partnership with Universal Music Germany Fischer has topped Germany’s annual sales charts more than any other artist in German chart history
News Fintech firm Centtrip expands into the United States Firm has opened an office in Miami Beach, Florida
News Brazil’s SOCINPRO partners with Unison for Pan-European collection Deal marks the second agreement Unison has signed in the Brazilian territory this year
News LiveXLive rebrands as LiveOne, plans to spin out pay-per-view business as separate public company NASDAQ-traded company expects to change its stock symbol to LVO in the coming weeks.
News Round Hill Music Royalty Fund buys catalog from British producer and songwriter Tim Palmer Catalog includes 30 songs covering tracks from Pearl Jam and Ozzy Osbourne albums
News Meet Universal Music Group’s new board UMG has published the names of the new 10-person board, as of September 20, 2021
Analysis News Vincent Bolloré is about to own $7bn-plus of Universal shares… and other things we learned from UMG’s new prospectus Prospectus published ahead of UMG's listing on the Amsterdam stock exchange on September 21