News Fortnite now has over 350 million registered players, with another in-game concert imminent Fortnite players spent over 3.2 billion hours in game in April according to Epic Games
News Spotify is testing in-app video podcasts (report) Global test has been carried out with YouTube stars Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar
News Round Hill expands recordings division with new rock label Black Hill Records Los Angeles-based label will be distributed worldwide by The Orchard
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: MAY-A, yaeow, boylife, Cian Ducrot and Tora Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News Kenny McGoff promoted to Head of A&R, UK at Kobalt Music Publishing McGoff joined Kobalt from Songs over two years ago
News Sony is building a team ‘dedicated to reimagining music through immersive media’ – using Fortnite maker Epic Games’ Unreal Engine Series of job vacancies spotted by MBW opens up more possibilities for 'One Sony'
News Leesa Brunson-Boland joins 300 Entertainment as Head of A&R Operations She was previously Senior Vice President of A&R Operations at Def Jam
News Ingrooves expands into Australia & New Zealand, names Nina Rabe-Cairns as Country Manager for market Exec joins Ingrooves after several years at Spotify
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