News PRS for Music pays out record $215m in April 2020 distribution PRS counts 145,500 songwriter, composer and music publisher members in the UK and worldwide
News Warner’s Arts Music division inks global deal with Fred Rogers Productions for hit children’s series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood New music from the show will soon be released under the deal
News Post Malone countersues musician in dispute over credit for hit, Circles Tyler Armes is suing Post Malone to be credited as a co-writer and co-producer on the No.1 single
News Round Hill acquires catalog of Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik Goo Goo Dolls have sold 12 million records worldwide
News Sales of music and merch through artist website hosting provider Bandzoogle surpass $60m Platform powers over 45,000 websites
News Music streaming subscriptions forecast to top 450m by the end of 2020 (report) Subscriptions reached 358m by the end of 2019, according to Counterpoint Research
News CNN acquires content personalization and discovery startup Canopy Acquisition to accelerate CNN's development of a new digital news & information platform
News Downtown-owned music distribution company Soundrop expands services to Russia and China New distribution partners include NetEase and Tencent Music
News Lawsuit over Universal Music warehouse fire dismissed by judge Litigation followed a New York Times article in which it was claimed that up to 500,000 master recordings were damaged in the fire
News Tencent spends $263m to buy control of Chinese live streaming giant Huya Huya continues to operate independently and remains headquartered in Guangzhou, China
News Universal boss Sir Lucian Grainge ‘recuperating’ at home after contracting COVID-19 'Wherever you are in the world, take this pandemic as seriously as it deserves to be taken.'
News Ex YouTube Head of Publishing Victoria Campoamor joins Spotify as Senior Director, Content Operations & Services Exec was previously YouTube's Global Head Of Publishing Strategy and Operations
News Sukhraj Johal named General Manager of Warner Records UK Jennifer Ivory has also been promoted to Senior Vice President
News Warner Music Vietnam launches, led by Managing Director Lisa Nguyen Exec was previously Head of Zing Media
News Canada’s SOCAN reveals CAD $2m emergency royalty advance program to help members during COVID-19 crisis Priority given to members who are faced with a loss in live performance royalties or screen composers whose productions have been suspended