News Adam Shore joins livestream firm Driift at US General Manager Shore joins from Red Bull and the Red Bull Music Academy
Interviews ‘The youth in Africa are ready to jump the digital divide, they just need to have access and the right price point.’ Sheer Music Publishing founder David Alexander on the industry landscape in South Africa, and across the African continent
News You can now get a Spotify subscription for $0.34 a week in India Spotify launches Premium Mini in India
News TikTok says over 70 artists that broke on the platform this year have signed major label deals TikTok reveals stats from 2020 in its first ever US Music report
News Warner Chappell Music signs worldwide publishing deal with Swedish DJ and producer Alesso Alesso has worked with the likes of Calvin Harris, Florida Georgia Line, Marshmello and Ryan Tedder
News Antony Bebawi promoted to President, Global Digital at Sony/ATV Bebawi is responsible for overseeing Sony/ATV’s worldwide digital licensing strategies
News Ingrooves expands into Mexico, appoints Ariana Arciniega as Country Manager for the market Arciniega joins Ingrooves from Believe
News Kobalt signs Australian band RÜFÜS DU SOL to neighbouring rights deal Grop was recently nominated for ARIA 2020’s Best Australian Live Act
News Reddit buys short-form video social platform and TikTok rival Dubsmash Dubsmash’s entire team will be joining Reddit
News Royalty-free music company and Epidemic Sound rival Artlist acquires digital assets marketplace Motion Array for $65m Deal comes six months after global investment giant KKR led a $48m investment in Artlist
News FUGA partners with Japanese firm Space Shower Networks to form digital music distribution JV New venture, SPACE SHOWER FUGA, will launch in Spring 2021
News UJA RWQuarantunes celebration to honor Doug Davis, Richard and Demi Weitz Event to take place on December 16 at 7pm EST
News Andrew Davis appointed Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Sony Music Davis will be charged with leading SME’s global human resources function
News Songtrust and Secretly Publishing ink new administrative partnership Songtrust will administer the publisher’s full catalog for the world outside of the US and Canada
News Vivendi denies any wrongdoing as CEO Arnaud De Puyfontaine and Vincent Bolloré indicted in Italy over alleged market manipulation Universal Music Group parent issues statement