News UK music tech firm Pirate Studios receives $20m investment from Talis Capital The investment will fund new locations across UK, US and Germany
News Sony completes $2.3bn deal to acquire EMI Music Publishing EMI now becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony
Interviews News Jonathan Dickins on Adele, working with labels and what makes a great manager September Management founder and CEO Jonathan Dickins was interviewed on stage today in London
News Spotify launches Publishing Analytics platform in Beta The new feature will give music publishers daily streaming statistics for their works
News MelodyVR appoints Iain Funnell as SVP Creative, Content and Editorial Funnell will work in partnership with both artists and record labels to produce VR content
News Transgressive Publishing & Warner/Chappell ink publishing deal with Foals Foals have previously released four Top 10 records and are currently recording their fifth album
News Downtown buys independent UK music publishers Salli Isaak Music and Salli Isaak Songs The companies are home to hit songwriters Jimmy Napes and Paloma Faith
News LADbible teams up with Universal Music On Demand to launch emerging artist video series LADbible has a 62m+ social following
News How do you compete with Shazam and Apple if you’re in the music recognition business? Brands and developers can now license SoundHound's music search technology
News Lyor Cohen warns music industry over ‘unintended consequences’ of Article 13 YouTube’s Global Head of Music slams Article 13 in a monthly newsletter to industry execs
News Spotify is on an original content talent recruitment drive The company is hiring for two senior roles in LA
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News SoundCloud amends ‘outdated’ Premier contract following criticism SoundCloud has removed the 'covenant not to sue' language from the contract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