Music Business Worldwide

Harry Styles to make investment in new £350m arena in Manchester, UK

New music venue is set to open in 2023

Vevo partners with Smart TV solutions provider Foxxum

Partnership will make Vevo's catalog available on over 20m Foxxum-enabled devices

iHeartMedia acquires podcast technology company Voxnest

iHeartMedia owned a minority stake in Voxnest prior to this acquisition

Secretly Publishing inks worldwide deals with Grammy-winning rock band The War on Drugs and other Fort William Management artists

Agreements bring catalogs and future works of artists including Beirut, Dehd, Grizzly Bear and The War on Drugs to Secretly Publishing roster

Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million dollar’ 10-year strategic partnership with the Four Seasons

From 1962 to 1978, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons sold more than 100m records

Quincy Jones invests in AI Music startup Musimap, which has developed a ‘psycho-emotional profiling engine’

Company's AI tech builds emotional profiles for listeners

With 40m global users, Taiwan-born livestream app LIVIT launches in the US, strikes exclusive ‘six-figure’ deal with rapper Flawless Real Talk

App allows its users to monetize their streams with fan 'gifts'

Calvin Harris sells publishing catalog to Vine Alternative Investments

Sony/ATV to continue administration services for the catalog

Donna Caseine promoted to EVP, Global Creative Director at Reservoir as part of team expansion

Company bolsters Creative team with key promotions and new hires

Music tech company Output, whose software has been used in songs by Drake & Justin Bieber, raises $45m

Company was founded in 2013 by CEO Gregg Lehrman

Russell Emanuel named President & CEO of Sony/ATV’s newly centralized Production Music Division

Appointment gives Emanuel oversight of Sony/ATV’s global production music business

Twitch music copyright headache gets worse as ‘thousands’ of videos get deleted over infringement notices

Rightsholders put pressure on livestreaming platform

Amy Hartman appointed SVP Creative Services at Spirit Music Group

Exec joins Spirit from Roc Nation

SoundCloud launches new DJ Plan with unlimited offline catalog access

Platform will also be introducing curated playlists in the coming months

Sony Music India inks exclusive deal with award-winning Bollywood composer, Amaal Mallik

Mallik will also continue working as a music director on film projects