News SoundCloud launches Turn Up the Vote campaign Initiative is aimed at encouraging young voters to exercise their right to vote
News Nick Osborne upped to Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development at Capitol Music Group He joined CMG in 2016 as Director of Digital Strategy & Product
News Reservoir acquires catalog of masters & publishing copyrights from Nashville’s Sorted Noise Synch-focused original music company was founded in 2008
News Former IFPI EVP of Global Legal Policy and USPTO veteran Shira Perlmutter to head US Copyright office Perlmutter has served as Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs at the US Patent and Trademark Office since 2012
News Reach Music acquires publishing catalog of writer/producer Young Fyre Catalog includes songs performed by Marc Anthony, Bad Bunny, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Britney Spears, T-Pain and Lil Wayne
News Concord inks exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Jake Gosling Gosling has worked with Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, James Bay, Shania Twain and many others
News Donald Trump: TikTok deal won’t be approved if Oracle & Walmart don’t have ‘total control’ Companies originally stated that a proposed deal would see Walmart & Oracle buy a 20% stake in a newly formed TikTok Global
News France’s recorded music market generated revenues of $305m in H1 2020 Market in France saw 0.4% growth in the first six months of 2020, in spite of pandemic
News Warner’s Arts Music inks global partnership with Skyship Entertainment for children’s brand Super Simple Songs Brand has amassed over 24m subscribers on YouTube
News Sentric Music Group and Prolifica Management strike publishing joint venture Prolifica clients Maximo Park and Childe are the first to be signed under partnership
News Tom Hoare rejoins [PIAS] as UK Head of Digital Exec was previously Head of Digital at Syco Music
News Hi-Res music service Qobuz raises $11m to fund global expansion Céline Gallon joins Qobuz as Chief People Officer
News BTS partners with Epic Games for new video premiere on Fortnite’s Party Royale Main Stage In-game event to take place on Friday, September 25
News Mark Fry promoted to President of Warner Music Nordics Jonas Siljemark will be retiring after 18 years as President of Warner Music Nordics