News Alana Dolgin appointed President of Digital Marketing at Atlantic Music Group Exec will oversee digital marketing across Atlantic Records, 300 Entertainment, and 10K Projects
News Marco Paglia and Rio Caraeff appointed Co-Presidents of Musixmatch Paglia and Caraeff will report to Max Ciociola, Musixmatch Founder and CEO
News Ed Sheeran beats ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright appeal Sheeran's single did not copy Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On, says appeals court
News Roger De Graaf, co-founder of Spinnin’ Records, steps down as President of Warner-owned dance label after 25 years Label was acquired by Warner in 2017 in a deal worth over $100 million
News Boyd Muir promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Universal Music Group Company is 'immediately initiating an executive search process' to hire a new CFO.
News Sony Music acquires recorded music catalog of Egyptian superstar Amr Diab Sony has also signed what it calls a 'forward-looking multi-album deal' with the artist
Analysis News Universal Music generated $3.15bn in Q3; subscription streaming revenues grew 8.2% YoY Universal Music Group has published its financial results for the three months to the end of September.
News EMPIRE hires Jeffrey Yoo to lead expansion in Asia; First signing named as Korean superstar G-Dragon Jeffrey Yoo appointed Senior Vice President, East Asia at EMPIRE
News Sony Music Publishing inks global deal with Mike Dean; Launches partnership with producer collective, M.W.A. 'We are pleased to partner with Mike and M.W.A.’s Sean Solymar, Tommy Rush, and Sage Skolfield as they continue to shape music’s future,' said Sony Music Publishing Chairman & CEO Jon Platt
News Tega Oghenejobo promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Nigeria’s Mavin Global Universal Music Group acquired a majority stake in the Lagos, Nigeria-based music company in February
News Universal’s Virgin Music Group acquires Outdustry, expanding its presence in China and India Universal's global indie artist and label services division acquires Outdustry to focus on expansion into 'high potential markets'
News Sophia Hong appointed Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music Korea Exec will be based in Seoul and will report to Arica Ng, President of Warner Chappell Music APAC
News Megan Thee Stallion joins Weverse, as HYBE revamps superfan platform to include ‘advanced translation features’ for artist posts Megan Thee Stallion becomes the latest superstar to join the platform
News DistroKid to lay off 37 union workers DistroKid estimates that it distributes 30-40% of all new music in the world
News The Hipgnosis Songs Fund catalog has just been valued at $2.36bn… around $150m more than HSF’s enterprise value when Blackstone acquired it Blackstone raises nearly $1.5 billion in debt financing via new ABS, based on substantial valuation for Hipgnosis Songs Fund assets