News Aishah White and Yashar Zadeh join Warner Bros. in senior Media & Strategic Development roles Both report to Laura Swanson, the label’s EVP, Media & Strategic Development
News The UK’s Channel 4 acquires full ownership of music and entertainment broadcaster The Box Plus Network The Box Plus Network broadcasts seven UK music and entertainment channels
News Universal Music buys Nashville’s House of Blues Studios for $4.3M UMG also owns Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Abbey Road in London
News Spotify opens Discover Weekly playlist to brand sponsorship Microsoft has joined as the beta launch partner
News Primary Wave signs A Star Is Born songwriter Dj White Shadow DJ White Shadow (Paul Blair) produced Lady Gaga's Born This way
News Republic Records promotes Joseph Carozza to EVP, Media & Artist Relations Carozza will continue to be responsible for the label’s media department and oversee press strategy
News Downtown signs worldwide music publishing deal with Tori Amos Downtown will administer the singer and composer's complete songbook and future works
News Ed Sheeran to face US jury over Marvin Gaye plagiarism allegation Sheeran is being sued by the estate of Let’s Get It On co-writer Ed Townsend
News SoundCloud nabs BTS star exclusive – his track breaks platform’s all-time 24 hour record The previous record on SoundCloud was achieved by Drake’s Duppy Freestyle in May 2018
News NetEase Cloud Music partners with South Korea’s Cube Entertainment NetEase has been granted access to Cube Entertainment's complete music catalog
News Marshmello manager Moe Shalizi exits Red Light to launch own firm, The Shalizi Group The Shalizi Group represents DJ Marshmello, Jauz, Southside of 808 Mafia
News Spotify: We have ‘no evidence’ that Facebook messages were accessed Streaming company responds to a New York Times story about Facebook data sharing agreements
News André de Raaff’s CTM Publishing buys Derek Bramble publishing catalog CTM has signed a number of new deals in the UK via its partnership with publisher Steve Lewis
News Martin Bandier says he’s leaving Sony/ATV in ‘the greatest shape possible’ in final year-end memo to staff Bandier sent a wide-ranging final note to staff ahead of his departure in March 2019
News Spotify share price falls to all-time low of $125.55 as market cap hits $22.7bn Firm's market cap has fallen by more than $12bn since late July