News Because live arm Corida buys 50% stake in Pitchfork Paris promoter Super! Super! will continue to operate independently
News SoundCloud amends ‘outdated’ Premier contract following criticism SoundCloud has removed the 'covenant not to sue' language from the contract
News Universal signs K-pop girl band to Interscope – can they repeat BTS success? The South Korean quartet is currently the highest-charting female K-pop act in Billboard Hot 100 history
News LyricFind inks licensing deals with Brazil’s main publishers and PRO These partnerships include digital distributor, ONErpm and publishers like Som Livre and MK Music
News Warner completes $180m acquisition of merch company EMP The deal was was cleared by regulators on October 10
News Pandora ‘goes shopping’ for another buyer, but sticks with SiriusXM Streaming company confident its $3.5bn deal will go ahead
News Anyone can now get playlisted on Spotify (sort of…) Spotify's playlist submission feature is out of beta after music is submitted by 67,000 artists since July
News Greece’s music rights sector in turmoil as head of copyright office steps down Irini Stamatoudi has cited a general lack of transparency at the copyright office for her resignation
News Deezer launches in Middle East & North Africa with exclusive Rotana catalog The launch follows Deezer's exclusive digital distribution deal with Rotana Group earlier this year
News SoundCloud inks deal with Dubset to clear remixes on its platform The Dubset partnership will kick off later this year with an invite-only beta program for individual remixes
News Genius is bringing lyrics to Apple Music – but it’s also sticking with Spotify Genius makes Apple Music its official music player
News UK press company Jukebox PR launches Jukebox Management, reveals global expansion plans Jukebox PR celebrates its 10th anniversary this year
News DistroKid receives ‘significant investment’ from Silversmith Capital Partners Financial terms of the investment have not been not disclosed
News SoundCloud expands direct monetization program to hundreds of thousands of users SoundCloud premier is being rolled out to SoundCloud Pro and Pro Unlimited creators with eligible content
News Facebook launches Amazon Echo rival, partners with Spotify, Pandora and iHeart Facebook's new audio/video communication devices are called the Portal and Portal+