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
News Amazon Music launches new Latin music brand including emerging artist program, merch, podcasts & playlists New global brand launches under the tagline of La Música Que Nos Conecta
News Trump’s TikTok takedown: App downloads will be blocked in US from this Sunday Move made "to safeguard the national security of the United States"
News Alex Branson and Pj Dulay join AI-powered video creation app Rotor Videos UK-based company also announces 'triple-digit revenue growth' during COVID-19 quarantine
Analysis Interviews 5 Things We Learned From Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper at his Goldman Sachs interview WMG's Chief Executive was grilled today at the annual Goldman Sachs Communacopia event
News Beatport inks exclusive livestreaming partnership with Twitch Beatport’s Twitch channel has over 140,000 followers
News Over 500,000 tracks affected by YouTube music video block in Denmark YouTube in dispute with Koda, which claims the platform is "making [Koda] responsible for [its] commercial strategy in relation to putting ads on content”.
News TIDAL to livestream concert series in partnership with Facebook’s Oculus VR All performances will be available simultaneously in Oculus Venues and TIDAL