News Sony Music challenges Amazon’s HD streaming service in Japan with official launch of Mora Qualitas Service has been launched in partnership with Rhapsody International
News Allison Hamamura joins Anthem Entertainment as General Manager, West Coast, and Head of Label Exec joins from the Aloha Music Group
News Jammber releases royalty management platform, Jammber Splits App settles ownership percentages and captures metadata
News BMG Brazil signs first global recordings deal with rock group Ego Kill Talent Band is currently recording their second album
News Sony Music and producer Renay Richardson form UK-based Broccoli Content podcast JV Agreement marks company's first podcasting production joint venture outside the US
News Various Artists launches music publishing division, Various Songs Various Songs is a joint venture with Kobalt Music
News Music video platform Triller raises $28m with ‘sights set on overtaking TikTok’ App has 13m active monthly users and 60m total downloads
News Warner Music Japan launches urban label +809 Label has launched with the release of the track Ding Dong (feat A.G.O.) by Japanese R&B singer FLEUR
News Primary Wave buys music publishing & other rights of legendary producer Bob Ezrin Ezrin-produced Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare, Kiss' Destroyer, Pink Floyd's The Wall and other albums
News SiriusXM and Marvel ink exclusive multi-year podcast deal Venture will include both scripted and unscripted series, themed live events and more
News Sandbox VR secures $11m investment from Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Will Smith and others New investment brings the company's reported total to $83m in 2019
News Reservoir makes raft of UK signings including Rachel Chinouriri Signings and re-signings spearheaded by UK Head of Creative Charlie Pinder
News Music analytics company Soundcharts launches real-time global media & web monitoring tool, ‘Mentions’ Mentions promises to 'help to spot local promotional opportunities'
News IFPI and WIN reveal cross-industry collaboration on centralized recording industry data exchange service Roll-out of RDx to all rightsholders and MLCs is expected to start in 2020
News Spotify is hiring for a Global Head of Podcast Business Affairs who has closed deals ‘with commitments of $20m or more’ Individual will be tasked with securing a global slate of original and exclusively licensed podcasts