News Charlie Phillips to head up Worldwide Independent Network Phillips steps up from his previous role as Director of Legal and Business Affairs
News Ticketmaster acquires Australia’s Moshtix Moshtix will continue to operate as a standalone business
News Canada’s CMRRA launches unclaimed works portal to help publishers and songwriters get paid Music publishers and songwriters can search for unmatched uses of their repertoire
News Pandora’s new Stories feature lets artists create playlists interspersed with voice tracks Pandora Stories is the latest addition to Pandora's Artist Marketing Platform
News FutureKind hires Ben Patterson as Head of Marketing He joins the company from Virgin EMI Records
News Spirit Music Group inks global publishing deal with songwriter & producer Gregg Wattenberg Wattenberg will also sign new talent to the company under his Arcade joint venture
News SOCAN reports record revenues of at least $374m in preliminary 2018 year-end results SOCAN's 2018 revenues were up 11% over 2017
News Sound Royalties offers $3m in advances for artists affected by PledgeMusic late payments Firm says it can offer an 'extremely low' interest rate of 4% for one year
News TIDAL launches $1m emerging artist program, funded by two VC financiers TIDAL Unplugged will accept submissions from artists in Detroit from March 1
News YouTube Music to open new studios for emerging talent at UK’s BRIT School The South London-based music school's alumni include Adele and Amy Winehouse
News IMPALA, IMPF, GESAC and others urge European policymakers to adopt Copyright Directive into law – but IFPI stays quiet Global recorded music body is notable absentee from signatories
News UK-based mobile ticketing platform DICE to ‘ramp up’ US expansion in 2019 Company has 'ambitious list of cities to get into,' says CRO Russ Tannen
News SEC files charges against PledgeMusic majority shareholder for ‘elaborate microcap stock fraud’ The alleged illegal transactions carried out by Magna Group resulted in fraudulent proceeds of more than $25m
News Sample licensing startup Tracklib adds two ex-Spotify execs to Advisory Board Tracklib claims to be the first service to offer 'legal, affordable samples at scale'