News Warner Chappell Music signs Mandarin pop star A-Lin Artist rose to fame in 2006 following release of debut album Lovelorn, Not Guilty
News Primary Wave to buy majority stake in music publishing catalog & artist royalties of Donny Hathaway Acquisition includes hits such as Where Is the Love, The Ghetto and Someday We'll All Be Free
News fun. manager Dalton Sim exits Nettwerk after 15 years to launch management company, Good Harbor Sim and Ben Levin launch independent firm and retain existing artists
News APG bolsters leadership team with slew of promotions, including Miles Beard to SVP, A&R Label also promotes Eli Piccarreta and Jessica Kelm; hires Nikisha Bailey
News Ethan Baer named SVP of Business Development, Head of Electronic at Create Music Group Baer is founder and former CEO of EDM.com
News Creative & Digital Marketing agency Blackstar London expands into Los Angeles, announces new hires Agency was founded by marketing executive Olivia Hobbs
News iHeart jobs cull: Over 50 DJs and employees out as firm cites ‘significant investment’ in Artificial Intelligence Company announces new organizational structure while laying off DJs with decades of experience
News Mechanical Licensing Collective appoints Kris Ahrend as CEO Respected industry executive approved by Board to run MLC in Nashville
News After raising $1.7m last year, sampling startup Tracklib inks deal with BMG Startup allows users to find, sample, and license recordings
News Ingrooves expands into Brazil; inks global distribution deal with Sao Paolo label GR6 and names Cris Garcia Falcão as MD for the territory GR6 is one of Brazil's biggest labels
News New dual leadership revealed for Warner’s Artist Services team in London under ex-Bravado exec Russell Fogden and Morgan Hughes Hughes upped to Head of Creative and Fogden joins from Bravado as Head of Commercial
News Universal Music UK promotes Jack Fryer to MD of new division, The Square Exec steps up from Senior Director of Strategic planning
News TikTok was the world’s second-most downloaded app in 2019, and now generates $40m per month India was responsible for nearly 45% of app's first-time downloads last year
News Spirit Music Group expands into Miami; inks JV with Latin hitmaker Rudy Pérez Pérez is a founder of The Latin Grammys
News Brazilian entertainment firm KondZilla signs with The Orchard for global distribution Deal includes partnership of KondZilla's YouTube channel, which has over 50m subscribers