News Big Hit CEO Bang Si-hyuk now worth comfortably more than $2bn as BTS firm’s IPO takes flight in Korea "We will uphold the stockholder's value in various terms by raising profitability, growth potential and contributions to society."
News US tech giant Cloudflare ordered to block music piracy site in Germany Court in Germany issued injunction on Friday October, 9
News Sony Music and Grammy winning artist Residente launch studios to make ‘films, TV series, documentaries and all kinds of visual content’ Residente will write and direct TV shows/programming, films and other content
News IFPI and WIN’s new data exchange service RDx now ‘fully operational’ More than one million pieces of repertoire data already processed by RDx
News Sony/ATV signs Frank Ski to worldwide deal One of his songs was recently sampled in WAP by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
News Nas’ Mass Appeal India signs superstar Indian rapper IKKA Label was launched in August 2019 in partnership with Universal Music India
News Is Spotify in for a rough ride from UK politicians? New inquiry from British government to examine business models operated by streaming firms
News Warner Music Baltics opens office in Tallinn, Estonia First local signing is Estonian artist NOËP
News Sony Music partners with music & tech entrepreneur Rob Ronaldson on new Robots + Humans imprint Ronaldson to launch Robots + Humans through Sony Music UK & Publishing Partnership with Sony/ATV
News Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams generated over 36m global streams in the last two weeks following viral TikTok video, confirms Warner Music Group Classic track exploded after a video from TikTok star Nathan Apodaca went viral
News Tiffany R. Warren appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity And Inclusion Officer at Sony Music Group She will work with all of Sony Music Group’s global recorded music, publishing and corporate divisions
News Apple launches $99 HomePod mini smartspeaker “HomePod mini has everything customers want in a smart speaker," claims Apple.
News African music streaming company MePlaylist inks distribution deals with FUGA & Symphonic Deals add some 7m songs to platform's catalog
News New Spotify format allows podcasters to place songs between talk segments in shows Premium listeners will hear full tracks as part of these shows and Free tier users will hear 30-second music previews
News Mojo Music & Media joins licensing agency IMPEL Mojo catalog includes works by Kiss, REO Speedwagon and Cheap Trick