News Vevo Artists To Watch 2021: Bow Anderson, Surf Mesa, Gracey, Shaybo, Giveon MBW has once again partnered with Vevo to showcase the company's carefully curated DSCVR Artists To Watch
News Snapchat acquires mobile music app Voisey App allows users to record short videos using professional vocal effects and backing tracks
News Ben Tipple joins marketing agency Blackstar as Content Strategist He will oversee the company's in-house creative team and content production
News Reservoir inks joint venture with Atlantic Screen Music to invest in film score and soundtrack projects Companies will be partnering on upcoming films including The War With Grandpa starring Robert De Niro and others
News Video games veteran Adam Orth exits role at Sony Music MBW understands that Sony's "immersive media" project will continue in Orth's absence
News Sony/ATV acquires River House Artists catalog, including Luke Combs hits; inks go-forward JV with Nashville company Company has also signed a joint venture with River House Artists
News Jacob Fain joins Elektra as SVP, A&R after 13 years with Sony/ATV Fain was most recently SVP, A&R and Research/Analytics at Sony/ATV
News UMPG inks global deal with Electric Feel Entertainment to launch Electric Feel Publishing Europe First signings include German rap producers Minor2Go, Palazzo and Jumpa
News Following Tencent investment, A&R platform Instrumental launches $13m fund to invest in independent artists Fund will be deployed immediately to artists with qualifying tracks, as identified by the company’s platform
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million dollar deal’ to buy music publishing catalog and master royalty stream from rock band Disturbed Included in the deal is Disturbed’s hit Down With The Sickness
News After calling Universal ‘music’s most innovative company’, now Spotify says UMG is ‘willing to lean in more aggressively’ than its rivals to SPOT’s marketing tools "Our hope and expectation will be that other labels, both the big ones [and] small ones will lean in more aggressively over time."
News The Killers sell music publishing catalog to Eldridge, including hits like Mr. Brightside and Human The Killers have sold 28m albums worldwide
News Bandcamp expands into ticketed livestreams, with Bandcamp Live Platform is waiving its 10% fee for livestreams until March 31, 2021
News Sony-backed music creation startup Tully, founded by Joyner Lucas and manager Dhruv Joshi, launches new premium Platform 'We continue to be impressed by their creative-first approach to Tully’s product evolution,' says Dennis Kooker, President, Global Digital Business and US Sales, Sony Music Entertainment
News VR platform Sensorium Galaxy’s in-world tokens now listed and trading on cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex Company expects that more than 1.8m users will use SENSO Tokens by the end of 2022