News Concord Music Publishing acquires catalog of Grammy Award-winning songwriter Lori McKenna Concord will co-publish McKenna in partnership with Creative Nation and PULSE Music Group, going forward
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide expands into Italy and Russia Company has also made several key hires across Central Europe, India, and Latin America
News Warner Music Spain partners with esports team MAD Lions, owned by $79m-backed OverActive Media OverActive Media counts The Weeknd as an investor
News Tencent Music given 30 days to end exclusive deals with global labels in China China’s State Administration of Market Regulation has ordered TME to give up its exclusive label deals in the territory
News Universal Music Group inks licensing deal with TikTok rival Lomotif App been downloaded over 225 million times globally
News Jay Z’s Roc Nation to launch new multimedia brand, EDITION EDITION will launch across print, digital, social and 'experiential activations'
News Livestream startup LiveControl raises $30m in Series A round New round brings LiveControl's total funding to $33m
News Travis Barker signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Agreement is an exclusive worldwide administration deal
News Stéphane Berlow joins Kobalt as Managing Director Of France Most recently, Berlow was the CEO of BMG Rights Management France
News Reservoir acquires minority stake in China-based Outdustry and forms JV to acquire local music catalogs New investment builds on an existing sub-publishing partnership announced in June 2020
News ADA Asia and Warner Music partner with Vietnamese entertainment firm Yin Yang Media Warner Music Vietnam opened for business in Ho Chi Minh City in April 2020
News 75% of TikTok’s users say they discover new artists on the platform New data sheds light on user music discovery on TikTok
Interviews ‘People think the streaming opportunity in Africa is easy. It’s not, it’s hard.’ Chidi Okeke, founder and CEO of streaming service uDux, on his ambitions and predictions for his service and the music streaming market in Africa
News Universal Music Canada inks JV with management company The Core Entertainment Joint venture launches with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Steven Lee as its first signing
News Warner Chappell Production Music launches global rebrand Company has also expanded its executive team and launched two new recording studios in Los Angeles and Nashville