News Marketing agency Motive Unknown launches sister company Positive Subversion, with Run The Jewels & Innovative Leisure as first clients Company is a project and label management consultancy for artists, managers and record labels
News TikTok inks multi-year licensing deal with Dutch collecting Society Buma/Stemra Buma/Stemra’s members include Dutch EDM stars like Tiësto and Martin Garrix
News Warner’s ADA Asia inks deal with Indonesia-based DPM, one of the country’s largest music companies DPM is home to a collective of 21 independent record labels
News Triller in merger talks to go public in the US (report) News comes as rival TikTok faces pressure from the US Government
News Musicians have earned over $5m through Bandzoogle since the pandemic began Nearly $500,000 came from digital music sales alone, the company reports
News K-Pop stars BTS draw nearly 1m to latest pay-per-view online concert – banking big money in the process It's likely that the 'MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E' event generated over $35m
News Pro Music Rights sues supermarket giant Meijer for alleged non-payment of public performance license fees Lawsuit was filed in a Florida court last week
News Simon Jerome Nasser appointed MD, Universal Music Singapore & Head of Live, Southeast Asia Exec joins UMG from Warner Music Group, where he held the position of Managing Director, Singapore
News Scooter Braun & Troy Carter backed livestream startup Moment House launches with $1.5m funding Seed funding round was led by Forerunner Ventures
News Warner Chappell Music inks exclusive worldwide administration deal with Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet Their EP From the Fires has garnered over 330m global streams to date
News Soundtrack Your Brand renews global licensing deal with Warner Music, launches new on-demand streaming service for businesses New on-demand service enables businesses to jump, skip and replay tracks
News Spotify increases price of Family Plan subscription in Australia Spotify Premium Family price increased for new users in Australia from October 1
News Universal enters JV with Thailand’s IAM Records for global signing & launch of new girl group, LYRA IAM’s official YouTube channel has more than 1.4m subscribers
News Universal Music teams with new indie label Wonderland Records to sign Rendy Pandugo in Indonesia Wonderland was founded by former Sony Music Indonesia A&R Director Mahavira Wisnu Wardhana (Inu).
News TuneCore partners with Spotify rival Gaana in India Gaana announced in August that it had surpassed 185m monthly active users