News Warner/Chappell signs Melendi, one of Spain’s biggest pop stars He has sold more than 4 million records to date
News Kobalt Music Publishing promotes Amanda Samii to Vice President, Creative Samii joined Kobalt in 2011 as an assistant on the Creative team
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund acquires Dave Stewart catalog Company acquires 100% of Stewart’s copyright interest in his catalog
News Kobalt signs deal with Nina Nesbitt Admin deal includes publishing, administration, creative services and sync for future works
News UK songwriters could be losing out on millions in streaming royalties each year, says new MMF report Report calls for urgent reform to the way in which repertoire is licensed to digital services
News Deezer’s free tier can be controlled with Amazon Alexa now, but not in the US and Japan Feature will roll out to Alexa-enabled devices over the next two weeks
News Create Music Group launches free app for songwriters to generate split agreements Create has been beta testing the app since January
News Apple Music hires Google’s Lindsay Rothschild to lead Music Publishing Creative Services in North America Rothschild started in the new role on April 29
News Canada’s RE:SOUND and SOCAN launch Entandem JV to offer single public performance licence Organizations will continue to administer royalties separately for recorded music
News Cooking Vinyl makes string of new signings, including Swim Deep and Saint Raymond Also joining the label are Isobel Campbell, Sam Lee and Kerri Watt
News Pandora launches discounted plans for students and military Student Plan offers full Pandora Premium features for $4.99/month
News [PIAS] inks global digital distribution deal with Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings The Berlin Philharmonic's first new release with [PIAS] is a new recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
News Deezer unveils rebrand, including redesigned logo and app "Our unique look and feel also reflect our mindset as an industry challenger," says platform's CEO
News Sony/ATV signs global deal with Troy Carter’s Q&A Sony/ATV to administer company's music publishing catalog
News Rolling Stone launches new industry charts, taking on Billboard’s 200 and Hot 100 in the USA Charts to launch publicly on Monday, May 13