News Tencent Music invests in one of China’s first streaming services, Douban FM Douban FM was launched in 2009
News Interscope hires ex-Sony Latin exec Nir Seroussi as Executive Vice President He reports to Chairman and CEO John Janick
News Folk rock pioneer David Crosby signs with SESAC Crosby was a founding member of The Byrds in the mid-60s
News Shaggy inks worldwide deal with Downtown Music Publishing Shaggy's recent album with Sting won Best Reggae Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards
News Atlantic Records partners with R Baron Group to launch new label, The Machine Works The first acts signed are Los Angeles-based AzChike and 1TakeJay
News ole acquires Parallel Music Publishing catalog Parallel’s catalog consists of more than 6,500 songs
News Eventbrite to open 24,000 square foot HQ in Madrid, Spain Eventbrite’s new 'engineering center' is scheduled to open in May
News Songtradr buys music licensing agency Big Sync Music in multi-million dollar deal The acquisition was a multi-million dollar cash and equity transaction
News LyricFind expands into Southeast Asia and Middle East The company has opened offices in Morocco and Vietnam
News Copyright Directive talks conclude – music business responds ahead of reviewing final Article 13 text "We look forward to carefully reviewing the text when it is issued," says IFPI
News Warner/Chappell inks publishing deal with musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz Schwartz is the composer of hit musicals Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked
News Beatport & DJcity team up on joint venture music service Beatsource Beatsource will provide a catalog of curated music for open format DJs