News TikTok’s revenues hit $170.8m in Europe last year, up 545% year-on-year Results revealed in a filing published on the UK's Companies House
News Lyrics platform Musixmatch partners with Gucci on 22,705 songs fashion line Over 500,000 artists now manage their lyrics directly through Musixmatch,
News Qobuz parent company Xandrie acquires Japan’s e-onkyo music Platform acquired from Japanese electronics manufacturer Onkyo Corporation
News Maximilian Kolb promoted to EVP Repertoire and Marketing, Continental Europe at BMG He was previously Managing Director GSA
News Warner Music strikes partnership with $90m-backed influencer text-messaging platform Community Deal marks Community’s first deal with a major music company
News After raising $122m, DICE buys livestreaming platform Boiler Room Merger will see the expansion of both teams across a number of locations
Interviews ‘German hip-hop audiences not only want to listen to the music, they want to be part of the movement.’ Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba, CEO, Sony Music GSA on the company's hip-hop strategy in Germany, breaking artists, and the success of the genre in the country as a whole...
News Deezer buys minority stake in livestream company Driift Driift was launched in August 2020 and has sold more than 600,000 tickets
News From Warner’s Twitch partnership to Sony’s wellness program: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
News Round Hill’s UK Fund has spent $342m on acquisitions – and is buying catalogs at a multiple of 16.2x Round Hill’s publicly-traded UK fund has published its first set of interim financial results, for the period ended June 30, 2021
News Roblox games developer Supersocial raises $5.2m from investors including Warner Music Group ‘to build iconic metaverse experiences’ Round was led by Initial Capital
News Music startup Tully, founded by Joyner Lucas and manager Dhruv Joshi, partners with Symphonic Distribution Tully’s services range from workflow management, to asset management, as well as templated contracts
News Pex launches new copyright dispute resolution service in partnership with WIPO Center New service is available within Pex's Attribution Engine
News Sony Music launches ‘Artist Assistance’ program to promote Wellness for its signed talent Susan Moultrie also appointed Senior Vice President of Artist Initiatives and Business Administration
News Matt Pincus-backed HIFI buys AI-powered artist funding startup The Music Fund Company counts Warner Music Group as an investor