News Roberto Razzini steps down as Warner Chappell Music Italy Managing Director Razzini joined WCM Italy in 1990 as a Product Manager and became Head of International in 1993.
News Sony Music Entertainment inks strategic partnership with Roblox Partnership follows collaborations in the past year including the Lil Nas X Virtual Concert and Zara Larsson Launch Party
News Britney Spears manager Larry Rudolph resigns after 25 years Rudolph co-founded ReignDeer Entertainment with Adam Leber in 2005
News Hipgnosis has 36 songs in Spotify’s billion-plus streaming club… and more stats from the firm’s annual report Merck Mercuriadis states that, "Music has gone from being a discretionary or luxury purchase to very much being a utility."
News Several ‘fake stream’ sites shut down in Brazil 'Streaming manipulation has no place in music; we continue to tackle it globally,' says IFPI Chief Executive, Frances Moore
News Bang Si-hyuk steps down as CEO of HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment New CEO of HYBE has been named as Park Ji-won
Analysis News Maneskin might be the music industry story of 2021… but they just split from their manager Maneskin now count over 29m monthly listeners on Spotify
News Indie labels loathe Spotify’s Discovery Mode – but DIY giants are loving it Believe and TuneCore have been testing Spotify's Discovery Mode tool
News Tuned Global inks deal with Silicon Valley and Hong Kong-based social media app LYKA to power its new music streaming feature LYKA has 6 million users
News Songtradr establishes Global Creative division led by Amanda Schupf John Butler also appointed Head of Music Programming and Curation
News Nas’s Mass Appeal hires Jessica Rivera as General Manager, Music and Jenya Meggs as Senior Vice President of Content Execs will work closely with CEO Peter Bittenbender and co-founder, Hip Hop legend Nas
News Pitbull becomes stakeholder in Peloton rival Echelon Grammy-winning artist will also release a new song for the brand
News Atlantic Records UK inks joint-venture with Ireland’s Trust It Entertainment Trust It Entertainment was founded by Solomon Adesiyan in 2016
News Tencent ups investment in Spotify rival Gaana, as music streaming service raises $40m in new debt financing News follows previous raise from Tencent in September 2020