News peermusic UK signs the Prodigy’s Maxim Reality to exclusive global publishing deal 'He’s a living legend, and he’s got many incredible chapters ahead of him.'
News Kobalt promotes Dominique Keegan to Vice President, Creative He was previously Senior Director, Creative
News Confirmed: Alibaba buys stake in NetEase Cloud Music in $700m deal in a separate deal, Alibaba has also acquired NetEase's import e-commerce platform Kaola for approximately $2 billion
News Alibaba to acquire 20% of NetEase Cloud Music, say sources (UPDATE) Major league deal will take on Tencent Music Entertainment, owner of QQ Music, Kuwo and KuGou
News Jin Jin and Ina Rasinger join Parlophone Records A&R team Rasinger joins as A&R Director on January 15 from Sony Music Germany; Jin Jin joins as Senior A&R Manager effective immediately
News Sony Music UK acquires merchandise company, Kontraband Company has handled merchandise for artists including Camila Cabello, Kylie, Iggy Pop, Bring Me The Horizon and others
News Spotify expands pilot of Premium Duo plan into 14 new Latin American countries Plan is available in all Latin American countries that have Spotify except for Brazil
News Music launches on Facebook and Instagram across 15 countries in Latin America Additional countries are Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Uruguay, Paraguay, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Panama and Nicaragua
News Alicia Keys signs with Universal Music Publishing Group UMPG to globally administer rights to Alicia Keys’ iconic song catalog
News Marathon Music Group appoints James Farrelly as Global Trade Marketing Director Farrelly joins the company from Ministry of Sound Recordings/Sony Music UK
News Frank Briegmann at Universal Inside 2019: ‘We want the entire ecosystem of the music industry to grow with us’ Universal artists generated a total of 19.5bn streams in Germany in the first eight months of 2019
News Sony/ATV promotes Kristina Hedrick to VP, US Business Development Hedrick joined Sony/ATV in 2009
News Sony Music podcast JV to investigate Jeffrey Epstein case Podcast to be hosted by the New Yorker Magazine’s Ariel Levy
News Ava Max inks joint co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and Artist Publishing Group 2018 single Sweet but Psycho reached No.1 in over 25 countries
News New global live events agency BeSixth launches in the UK and Australia Company founded by Dean James and Gavin Aldrich