News AMPED inks North American physical distribution deal with Entertainment One eOne’s labels include Death Row Records, Dualtone Records and Artemis Records
News Tencent Music Entertainment Group and peermusic strike exclusive digital licensing deal in China Catalog includes songs from artists like Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly and The Rolling Stones to Rihanna, Beyoncé and Justin Bieber
News Sony Music UK inks JV with record label WEAREBLK Label will sign and develop artists across hip hop, UK rap, drill, grime, afrobeat, afro swing and R&B
News Warner’s Rhino reunites with Avenue Records for new catalog licensing deal including classic WAR recordings Deal includes WAR’s master recordings spanning nearly 40 years
News Spotify is letting record labels influence personalized recommendations… so long as they pay for it in royalties "As we learn from this experiment, we’ll carefully test expanding to other personalized areas of Spotify."
News Primary Wave Music Publishing strikes partnership with Olivia Newton-John Partnership includes the catalog of masters and publishing assets owned by the singer
News Sony/ATV signs producer & songwriter Johnny Goldstein to worldwide deal Company has also partnered with Artist Publishing Group to provide creative services to Goldstein
News UMPG signs Grammy Award winner Dave Cobb to global publishing deal Cobb has worked on albums for Brandi Carlile, The Highwomen, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson and others
News Warner Music Spain & Warner Chappell Music Spain renew deals with Spanish superstar Pablo Alborán Alborán was the top-selling artist in Spain in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018
Interviews News How Splice, which paid out $11m in royalties to musicians in the first 9 months of 2020, wants to help a ‘million more people to make music’ Chief Music Officer Maria Egan discusses Splice and the DIY musician sector
News Livestream firm LiveXLive to acquire merch company Custom Personalization Solutions 'We intend to fulfill superfans dreams with personalized merchandise,' states Robert Ellin, CEO and Chairman of LiveXLive
News TikTok sues rival Triller over patent infringement 'This is a David and Goliath story,' says Triller CEO Mike Lu
News Spotify subs grew by 6m in Q3, but Daniel Ek’s company has posted a net loss of over $500m so far this year ARPU down (again) but firm's total revenues jump above $2bn in the quarter
News John Pires promoted to EVP, Global Business Development at Sony/ATV Pires will oversee emerging and current business development across various departments
News Universal’s Bravado strikes merchandise partnership with Alibaba’s TMall Global Taylor Swift is the store’s first featured artist