News Universal inks global deal with Snap Inc. spanning recorded music and augmented reality experiences UMG is developing augmented reality music Lens content featuring the company’s artists
News Interscope Records launches Khalabo Music JV label with Kenya Barris Partnership marks Barris' film and TV company Khalabo Ink Society’s expansion into music
News Sumit Bothra named Managing Director of ATC Management, Europe He represents artists including PJ Harvey, Katie Melua, Fink, Nathan Nicholson, and Tom King
News 340 TuneCore artists have been upstreamed to Believe labels as part of ‘Signed by’ program Artists identified as 'rising stars' are eligible to be upstreamed
News Primary Wave acquires majority stake in music publishing catalog of AWOLNATION’s Aaron Bruno Deal includes the hit Sail, which has over 600 million plays on Spotify alone
News As Vivendi shareholders back UMG spin-out, Sir Lucian Grainge says: ‘We’ve only just begun.’ Grainge was on bullish yet philosophical form in new video for Pershing Square investors
News Ericka Coulter joins Warner Records as SVP of A&R Coulter was most recently VP of A&R at Epic Records
News Damon Dash insists he’s entitled to sell share of Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt as NFT – despite being sued by Roc-A-Fella Records 'This lawsuit is meritless, misstates the facts and is an attempt to prevent me from selling something that I have the legal right to sell,' says Damon Dash
News BMG inks deal with gaming platform Roblox, including back-dated payments for previous music use 'We are delighted to embrace the opportunities Roblox presents.'
News Indian Music Industry launches country’s first International Top 20 Singles Chart based on streaming data Data will be aggregated from Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music
News Janelle Monáe signs global deal with Sony Music Publishing Grammy-nominated superstar inks deal alongside songwriters and producers Nate Wonder and Chuck Lightning
News Ernst Trapp promoted to President, Global E-Commerce and Retail at WEA Trapp will continue to oversee operations at EMP as CEO
News Alejandro Duque named as next President of Warner Music Latin America, succeeding Iñigo Zabala Duque joins Warner Music from Universal Music
News George Michael estate inks exclusive global deal with Sony Music UK’s merch company Kontraband Deal expands on the Estate’s existing partnership with Sony Music UK
News Songtradr raises $50m in series D funding round Company has raised over $100m to date, valuing the firm at over $300m