News Spotify inks multi-year exclusive deal for The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, including audio and video 'We're very excited to begin this new chapter of the JRE and I hope you're there when we cross over.'
News YouTube backs 12 artists from around the world for 2020 Foundry development program Program supports independent artists at the early stages of their careers
News Kenny Chesney signs with UMPG for exclusive global publishing deal He has more than 30 million in album sales worldwide
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Kameron Marlowe to global publishing deal Independently released debut single, Giving You Up, has earned 25m streams
News BMG inks deal with AI music company that ‘respects the integrity of music composition’ Deal will see over 15,000 tracks from BMGPM's catalog integrated into MatchTune
News Island Records ‘couldn’t be prouder’ as Skip Marley makes history in US as chart-topping Jamaican artist Slow Down tops Adult R&B Songs chart
News Spotify adds 12 new original podcasts in India and inks content partnerships with Radio City, Big FM, and Aawaz.com Content from Radio City, Big FM, and Aawaz.com exclusively available on streaming platform
News Spotify invites record labels into Spotify For Artists, shutters Spotify Analytics Spotify Analytics users will be brought into Spotify for Artists over the coming months
News Katina Bynum named Executive Vice President of East Coast Labels, Urban at Universal Music Enterprises Bynum was previously Senior Vice President, Marketing at Cash Money/Young Money/Republic Records.
News Germany’s Reeperbahn Festival is… not cancelled, will go ahead in September ‘in compliance with all social distancing and hygiene regulations’ "Naturally, the protection and safety of our visitors, partners, artists and employees is still paramount."
News Downtown expands into Africa; buys indie music publisher Sheer "Africa is a high potential market for digital music services due to its large population, high proportion of youth and the people’s passion for music of all genres."
News West One Music Group expands into Latin America Cristina Bellido to spearhead company's growth strategy
News Allen Grubman hackers: We’ve got ‘dirty laundry’ on President Donald Trump and we want $42m now “Grubman, we will destroy your company down to the ground if we don’t see the money.”
News UK songwriters & composers generated close to $1bn in music royalties last year British collection society PRS for Music reports record results
News Doja Cat producer Yeti Beats joins Warner Chappell Music in global publishing deal He co-produced Doja Cat's Say So remix with Nicki Minaj