News Spotify expands Canvas beta, says visuals can ‘increase streams, saves, artist profile visits and shares’ 'Adding a high-quality Canvas to a track has increased streams by up to 120%'
News First Access calls Lil Peep lawsuit ‘groundless and offensive’ Lil Peep's mother Liza Womack has sued his former label & management company
News Downtown to expand leadership team with appointment of Chief Revenue Officer This person will be required to lead the company's global digital licensing strategy
Interviews ‘It’s not about financial gain. It’s not about chart positions. It’s about helping the artist to reach their goals, whatever they may be.’ Andy Musgrave runs London-based management and artist development firm Supernature, with a roster including West London-born hip-hop star AJ Tracey
News TuneCore challenges majors in China with Tencent partnership TuneCore will makes artists’ recordings available to the platform's listener base in the country
News 10K Projects inks JV deal with Taz Taylor’s Internet Money collective He has contributed to tracks for XXXTentacion, Desiigner, Kodak Black, Trippie Redd, Juice WRLD and many others over the last two years
News Music for gaming start-up Five Vectors, co-founded by former UMG exec, raises $1m in seed funding Funding will be used to attract additional music talent and continue to develop technology
News Veteran radio promoter Billy Burrs joins The Syndicate as SVP of Artist Development & Global Commerce Burrs helped break the likes of The Strokes, Foo Fighters and others during his 15 years as SVP Rock Music at RCA
News Starwatch Entertainment & Tigerspring partner with Believe on new ‘super-indie’ label, Lobster 'The flexibility of an indie label with the marketing power of a major player.'
News UMPG Nashville signs Brad Tursi to global co-publishing and catalog acquisition deal Tursi is a member of country music band Old Dominion (RCA)
News AWAL partners with Icelandair To Bring ‘A World Artists Love’ showcase to Iceland Airwaves; Alison Donald to Keynote Festival’s Music Conference Iceland Airwaves Showcase to Feature Performances from Millie Turner, Joesef, Yaeger and More
News Spotify launches Daily Drive personalized news and music playlist in Germany Daily Drive playlist is now available in a second market following US launch
News Primary Wave to buy stake in the music publishing catalog and master artist royalties of Styx member Tommy Shaw Deal includes some of Shaw's biggest hits from Styx such as Renegade, Fooling Yourself