News Live Nation revenues fell 79% year-on-year in Q1, but it says events are now ‘selling out faster than ever before’ Company has published its financial results for Q1 2021
News Childish Gambino sued for copyright infringement over This is America Emelike Nwosuocha (aka Kidd Wes) claims that his song Made in America was copied
News Corey Sorrento joins Catch Point Rights Partners as Investment Associate Exec joins from media investment banking firm Shot Tower Capital
News Jay-Z, Troy Carter and Andreessen Horowitz join $19m funding round for NFT marketplace Bitski Company lets brands, game developers and consumers create, sell and purchase NFTs
News Beggars Group launches new music supervision business Colourbox Music with Ben Turner and Simon Astall Astall and Turner have worked with directors including Andrea Arnold, Baz Luhrmann, Danny Boyle and David Lynch
News Sophia Bacuros and Deryck Vanderbilt-Nicholson join Troy Carter’s Venice Execs join from HITCO Entertainment and Island Records/4th & B'way, respectively
News BTS label Big Hit (HYBE) generated $161m in revenues in Q1, up 29% year-on-year Company posted a net profit of approximately $14.2m
News Primary Wave buys Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers catalog, including master royalty income stream across Rihanna’s first seven albums 'Multi million dollar deal' includes hits from N’Sync, Kelly Clarkson, Donny Osmond, Nick Jonas and others
News Universal Music Group partners with Simon Cowell’s Syco to offer X Factor Israel winner a record deal News comes nine months after Cowell bought out Sony Music from Syco Entertainment
News Deezer makes strategic investment in livestreaming company DREAMSTAGE US-based start-up plans to offer live gig subscriptions in the future
News Music-making app Rapchat raises $2.3m led by Sony Music Entertainment and VC firm Adjacent Platform has 7 million registered users
News ByteDance CFO Shou Zi Chew named as TikTok’s new CEO Vanessa Pappas to take on the role of TikTok COO
News Warner Music Group partners with tech company Genies to develop avatars and NFTs for WMG artists Genies has previously built avatars for the likes of Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Rihanna, Migos, Cardi B and others
News EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over app store rules, after Spotify anti-trust complaint Preliminary findings from the European Commission's anti-trust investigation published today