News Instagram Shopping access expanded to musicians selling merch Platform's commerce eligibility requirements have been updated
News Sony Music inks JV to develop artists in Africa with entertainment & brand agency, Celebrity Services Africa Partnership is described as a 'first of its kind in Africa'
News UnitedMasters launches ‘Cash for Change’ grant program to showcase artists advocating for social justice $4,000 will be given away to artists for 25 days
News Ingrooves Music Group expands into Turkey, names Haluk Cerahman as Country Manager for the market Exec joins Ingrooves from his position as Content Manager at Fizy
News Universal’s TuneCore rival Spinnup launches in Japan Spinnup is offering a free release for new artists signing up the service for a limited time
News Spotify makes podcast advertising interactive with new ‘In-App Offers’ feature Spotify is alpha testing In-App Offers in the US and Germany
News Álex Schiavo promoted to Chief Artistic Officer, Latin America, US Latin, Portugal & Spain at Altafonte Exec was previously Managing Director of Altafonte Brazil
News Watch out, YouTube: Music videos could be coming to Spotify (report) An unreleased 'video' tab was discovered on Spotify's 'Now Playing' screen
News Saban Music Group inks global administration agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group Company was founded by entertainment mogul Haim Saban
News Black Music Action Coalition advocacy group launched by top industry executives 'There is a lot of work for us to do, and we look forward to doing it together.'
News Distributor Kontor New Media acquires German rock label Arising Empire Arising Empire was founded in 2015 by Markus Staiger and Tobias Falarz
News IDOL hires Marit Posch as General Manager Germany Exec has previously worked with artists such as Modeselektor and Catnapp
News Music Venue Trust calls for £50m Government investment to save UK’s grassroots live music sector 90% of music venues and festivals facing permanent closure
News Universal artist Linong Chen scores this year’s fastest-selling debut album in Greater China Unbelonging surpassed more than 4.5m track sales within 12 hours of release
News Indie label calls Spotify countersuit ‘procedurally defective, legally deficient’ in motion to dismiss The latest twist in Jake Noch's battle with streaming giant