News UnitedMasters releases app for artists to distribute music and track earnings Artists can also submit tracks for placement with brands
News Warner Music Group acquires Slovakian entertainment company Forza Music Forza owns the extensive catalog of OPUS, Slovakia’s former state-run record company
News Apple Music is signing exclusives again: major partnership deal inked with French rap stars PNL PNL sold over 113,000 equivalents of their latest album in a single week in April
News Vodafone-owned Vodacom’s My Muze app takes on Spotify in South Africa with 1m downloads Vodafone subsidiary Vodacom boasts over 40m customers
News Because Music boss Emmanuel De Buretel calls for Spotify and rivals to adopt ‘user-centric’ licensing 'The so-called 'user centric' model, based on a user-based income distribution, would be more virtuous.'
News Alastair Kinross appointed Head of A&R at Insanity Records He joins from Sony/ATV publishing where he was Senior A&R Manager
News LyricFind receives Government funding to promote Canadian content via lyrics The two-year project supports the licensing, transcription and translation of Canadian artists and songwriters’ lyrics
News The Rolling Stone Charts officially launch in the United States Rolling Stone says its five charts "almost real-time on a daily basis"
News Alison Wenham appointed Non-Executive Director at Funnel Music Former AIM & WIN CEO joins Board in strategic role
News Apple Music to host Up Next Live concerts featuring Bad Bunny, Lewis Capaldi, Jessie Reyez and others All shows will be hosted after hours in Apple stores
News Beatport LINK streaming service is now available in the public beta of Pioneer DJ’s rekordbox software Beatport LINK allows DJs to stream directly into DJ performance software
News BBC executive salaries revealed – do they offer good value for money? Broadcaster publishes names and salaries of all senior execs paid over £150,000
News A day after Spotify quits artist distribution, SoundCloud explains how it helps indie acts ‘build careers on their own terms’ Blog post was followed by an Instagram Q&A to "answer creator’s questions about distribution".
News Epidemic Sound raises $20m, announces expansion into South Korea Company to launch in South Korea via a partnership with DS Asset Management
News Music Publishers Association names Downtown’s Roberto Neri as new Chair of MPA Board He will take up the position following the MPA AGM on July 3, 2019