News Raymond Leon Roker joins Amazon Music as Global Head of Editorial He joins Amazon Music from AEG
News BMG and TV production company Fremantle extend global partnership Extended deal includes a global music publishing and administration agreement for Fremantle’s catalog
News TikTok inks deal with UnitedMasters that lets users distribute music to streaming platforms directly from Bytedance’s app TikTok will also partner with UnitedMasters in promoting key artists on the platform
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News Mairu Gupta named Director, Digital Business for Sony Music in India Exec previously worked at the NBA
News Mark Yovich named Global President of Ticketmaster, Jared Smith becomes worldwide Chairman Amy Howe steps up to Global Chief Operating Officer
News Sony Music Group launches US voter campaign, Your Voice, Your Power, Your Vote Initiative designed to educate, engage and promote civic participation
News Anastasia Ellis joins Warner Chappell Music as Vice President, Regional European Administration Exec joins from Kobalt Music Publishing
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