News Spotify offers 78m Russians 6 months of free Premium, via partnership with telco MTS Telco had 78.5m subscribers at the end of Q1 2020
News Dance music promotor Insomniac expands into publishing via partnership with André de Raaff’s CTM Partnership to operate under the name of Sounds That Never Sleep Publishing
News India’s Reliance in talks with ByteDance to invest in TikTok (report) TikTok's business in India is reportedly being valued at over $3bn
News Universal launches Magic Muses, China’s first label dedicated solely to film soundtrack and score Label will be run by veteran film marketing executive Kelvin Hou, who has been appointed as CEO
News Mark Flaherty promoted to EVP of Marketing for Warner Records He has driven campaigns for the likes of Dua Lipa and Bebe Rexha
News ‘Apple One’ subscription bundles to launch as early as October – including Music, TV, News and gaming Basic 'Apple One' package will pull together Apple Music and Apple TV+, says Bloomberg
News Apple Music picks Platoon-signed Holly Humberstone as its latest Up Next artist Former Up Next stars include Billie Eilish
News Hipgnosis buys music catalog from Jay-Z, Kanye West producer Dion ‘No I.D’ Wilson No I.D. has achieved success with artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Usher, Rihanna, Common, Drake and Ed Sheeran
News TikTok rival Triller inks deal with B2B music company 7Digital for access to global catalog of 80m tracks Deal will see 7Digital provide Triller with access to global catalog of over 80m tracks
News Cox Communications: Our $1bn copyright infringement fine should be cut by $243m because labels included derivative works Cox states that it should pay damages for 2,438 fewer works
News Concord Music Publishing signs songwriter & producer Rodaidh McDonald He has worked with artists such as The xx, Sampha, King Krule, Daughter, Adele and others
News Thomas Rhett signs exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music In addition to his own material, he has written songs for the likes of Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line and Old Dominion
News Judge throws out Genius lawsuit accusing Google of copying lyrics Lyrics platform sued the tech giant for “unethical, unfair and anticompetitive” behavior
News Songwriters dealt blow in Spotify royalty rate battle as streaming platforms are granted ‘procedural victory’ in US Appeals Court But that doesn't mean new rates have been rejected or amended (yet, anyway)
News PULSE signs rapper Flo Milli to exclusive global publishing deal Artist has had co-signs from the likes of Cardi B, SZA, Doja Cat, Rico Nasty, Kehlani, and others