News Shamrock buys rights portfolio from Vine Alternative Investments – including 150+ Calvin Harris songs Vine acquired a catalog of more than 150 songs from Grammy award-winning producer, songwriter, and DJ Calvin Harris in 2020
News Kenny Ochoa joins Splice as Senior Vice President of Content Music industry veteran joins Splice from Snap
News Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub expands to China via partnership with NetEase Cloud Music NetEase Cloud Music also operates a beat trading platform called Beatsoul
News Snoop Dogg sued for copyright infringement over alleged use of two backing tracks on B.O.D.R. Lawsuit filed by musician and producer Trevor Lawrence Jr.
News Warner acquires minority stake in Brazil-based UGC music platform and distributor Sua Música Sua Música Group claims to own the largest entertainment platform focused on regional music in Brazil
News Justin Bumper Reeve named Senior Vice President of Global Sync at Virgin Music Group Reeve is based in Virgin Music Group’s global headquarters in Los Angeles
News Tat Tong appointed Vice President of A&R and Creative, Asia Pacific at Warner Chappell Music Exec held various roles at Sony Music Entertainment before joining WCM
News Jason Iley MBE, Chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK & Ireland, will receive this year’s Music Industry Trusts Award The MITS celebrates its 32nd edition this year
News This AI tech lets users sing in 10 languages and 15 Chinese dialects. Westlife have used it to release a song in Mandarin via Tencent Music “Everyone can become a professional singer with AI.”
Analysis News Global on-demand audio streams grew 15.1% to reach 2.29 trillion in H1, according to Luminate’s Midyear Music Report Market monitor Luminate has published its Mid-Year report for H1 2024
Analysis News Sony Music is in the process of taking control of Queen’s UK-based companies Sony Music's landmark Queen catalog acquisition is getting closer and closer to becoming 'official'
News Disney Music Group strikes deal with AI music startup AudioShake to ‘unlock new listening and fan engagement experiences’ for its catalog DMG to use AudioShake’s stem separation and lyric transcription tech
News Record labels have sent ‘hundreds of thousands’ of copyright infringement notices to Verizon. Now they’re suing the internet provider for over $2bn Record companies sue ISP for alleged 'massive copyright infringement committed by tens of thousands of its subscribers'.
News David Wolter and Miles Beard named Co-Heads of East Coast and West Coast A&R at Republic Records Wolter is based in New York, while Beard is based in Los Angeles
News Universal Music Australia launches not-for-profit record label Irruk Birruk to bring indigenous artists and music to a wider audience UMG describes the new label as an "industry-first move towards making Indigenous music more accessible"