News German music business demands nearly $630m in government aid to avoid ‘coronavirus collapse’ 'The music industry with all its facets, has never faced such a serious and existential situation.'
News Anders Lindberg named Marketing Director of Warner Music Nordics Exec joins from Sony Music Entertainment, where he was Vice President, International Marketing, Continental Europe and Africa
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Gabby Barrett to worldwide deal Debut album Goldmine will be available on June 19
News Spotify sued by Canadian audio firm VoxTonePro for alleged theft of ad-tech trade secrets "This is a case about a big business stealing from a small business."
News #saveourvenues fundraiser for grassroots UK music venues passes £1m Campaign was launched by Music Venue Trust in response to the economic threat to over 500 grassroots UK music venues
News SoundCloud to launch originally produced live programming on Twitch Hosts and guests for 'SoundCloud on Twitch' include Soulection’s Joe Kay, hip-hop artist Vic Mensa and more
News ASCAP paid out $1.18bn to songwriters and publishers in 2019 Royalty distributions to ASCAP members in 2019 increased by $75m
News Why some record deals are being fast-tracked during Coronavirus lockdown Doug Davis, Tunji Balogun and Ty Stiklorius took part in a Zoom conversation about COVID-19's impact on the music business
News Over 70,000 new creators have signed up to Patreon since mid-March, including a 150% increase in the number of musicians Platform also sees 20% increase in number of subscribers
News Bucks Music Group inks sub-publishing deal with Velvetica Music in France Deal sees companies represent each other in their respective territories
News Valeisha Butterfield Jones appointed Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for The Recording Academy Exec was formerly the Global Head of Inclusion for Google
News Warner inks exclusive global distribution deal with children’s entertainment giant Mattel Deal will see WMG's Arts Music division act as the sole distributor of Mattel’s catalog of more than 1,000 songs
News Rich Castillo joins Atlantic Records UK as A&R Director Castillo joins Atlantic from Sony/ATV Music Publishing
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Nina Cobham, ELLIANA, Malaki, Ella Jane and mazie Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News Mechanical Licensing Collective makes five new leadership appointments New hires will lead key posts including education and outreach, marketing, and customer experience