News TikTok poaches key European music rights lawyer as it embarks on legal battle with licensing body ICE Dr. Joern Radloff joins Bytedance amid crucial dispute with ex-employer ICE
News Live Nation revenue up 10% to $3.2bn in Q2 2019 Company sold 73m concert tickets in H1 2019, up 6% year-on-year
News Drake inks creative partnership with SiriusXM Pandora Deal includes dedicated station, curated music, and 'collaborations with creative talent'
News Spotify appoints Sulinna Ong as Head of Music in the UK and Ireland "Sulinna joined us three months ago and in that time has shown great leadership, bringing 16 years’ experience pioneering global marketing strategies in the music industry, leading editorial teams as well as directly managing major artists.”
News Vivendi appoints banks to help it sell up to 50% of Universal Music Group 'Several contacts have already been established with potential strategic partners,' says company
News Former Spotify Global Head of Songwriter Relations Tiffany Kumar enters JV with Pulse Music Group Kumar's music agency Beat House has signed a JV and global co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Group
News Downtown names Cliff Audretch III Vice President of Creative Audretch will join Downtown’s Nashville-based Creative team, reporting to SVP Creative, Steve Markland
News Veteran artist manager Corey Smyth launches Blacksmith Recordings with Capitol Music Group & Motown Records Smyth has guided the careers of artists including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, De La Soul, Foxy Brown and others
News Ditto Music to launch music publishing division "We’ll be signing and developing talent to build long term careers at Ditto."
News Meek Mill teams with Jay Z’s Roc Nation to launch new Dream Chasers record label Meek Mill will serve as the label's President
News Marshmello signs with WME for representation DJ and music producer continues to be managed by Moe Shalizi
News CTS Eventim to take over 48% of retail giant Fnac Darty’s ticketing business Transaction planned to close by the end of 2019
News YouTube to support artists from Nigeria via new emerging talent initiative Investment will enable artists to shoot videos, record music and get mentoring
News Vivendi to appoint banks for Universal stake sell-off on Thursday – report Vivendi is officially looking to sell off 50% of UMG
News Vevo hires Scott Anderson as SVP of Engineering & Product He has over 25 years' technology experience and joins from startup Conversa Health