News Artists can now pitch for songs from BMG songwriters as company opens up ‘myBMG’ app Artists can submit written briefs or videos to BMG’s roster of songwriters
News TikTok crosses 2bn downloads, after racking up 500m in just 5 months TikTok reaches huge milestone amid COVID-19 crisis
News Pan-European licensing hub ICE launches new self-service ‘Licensr’ tool New tool enables smaller online music services to get multi-territory coverage for use of the ICE Core repertoire
News Reservoir signs songwriter & producer Keith ‘Ten4’ Sorrells to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to Sorrell’s entire catalog of works including No.1 single I Love Me performed by Demi Lovato and new single Actions by John Legend
News Despite COVID-19, Spotify’s Premium subscriber base grew by 6m in Q1 2020, up to 130m Total monthly active users (MAUs), meanwhile, grew 31% YoY to 286m.
News Chris Gobalakrishna named SVP, Finance and Operations in Asia for Warner Music Exec joins from WorldVentures where he was the company’s CFO
News Facebook goes on music biz hiring spree – as it announces plan to let creators charge for live-streamed events Run of music industry vacancies crop up amid major confirmation from social giant
News SiriusXM posts Q1 2020 profit of $293m, but loses 143,000 net subscribers 'In the face of the economy hitting the brakes hard in March, SiriusXM's first quarter results were very strong.'
News Tencent Music makes equity investment in Chinese music-for-business service, Radio Music Warehouse 'Through this investment, we will jointly explore music-for-business market to add value to our music ecosystem.'
News Indie label agency Merlin promotes Charlie Lexton to Chief Operating Officer Lexton joined Merlin as Head of Business Affairs in 2008
News PPL to make advance distribution payment of $29.7m in April Over 15,000 performers and recording rightsholders to receive advance payment on April 30
News UMPG launches global music service for film, TV and advertising Client inquiries will be managed by UMPG’s local sync offices
News Music Venue Trust Launches #saveourvenues campaign in support of over 500 grassroots UK music venues 'We have received some magnificent support so far from music companies, but we need a lot more to step up.'
News Sarah Pickering and Chris Jones promoted to Co-Heads of sync team at Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK They will report directly to Sony/ATV UK Co-Managing Directors David Ventura and Tim Major
News TikTok launches ‘Donation Stickers’ that allow creators to raise funds for charity through their videos Globally, TikTok will be matching users' donations made through Donation Stickers