News Warner Music eyes stake in Saudi Arabia’s Rotana Music – report The WSJ reports that the stake is 'worth at least tens of millions of dollars'
News Blue Raincoat Songs signs Bodega, Self Esteem and Ben de Vries Blue Raincoat Songs is the publishing arm of Blue Raincoat Music
News BMG Production Music promotes Alex Marchant, Ciaran McNeaney and Sam Delves to global roles Marchant and McNeaney co-founded Deep East Music
News MelodyVR hires former Shazam exec Miles Lewis as Chief Commercial Officer Lewis is a former Senior Vice President International for Shazam
News CD Baby expands into Asia Pacific, makes key hires in Colombia, Canada and UK CD Baby has new hires in Latin America, the UK and EU and Canada
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