News TikTok strikes global ticketing partnership with AXS The feature is live in the US, UK, Sweden and Australia
News Lex Borrero’s NTERTAIN acquires the Official Latino Film Festival, launches NVISION Film & Music Festival NTERTAIN is also comprised of NEON16, NTERTAIN Studios, and marketing agency AM16
News Latin music veteran Gustavo Lopez launches Globalatino Music Partners; acquires majority stake in Cigol Music Lopez was a longtime Universal executive and CEO of Saban Music Latin, which was recently acquired by Virgin Music Group
News Cutting Edge Group secures $500m to fund music rights acquisitions Cutting Edge said it has already identified a "circa USD $1.5 billion pipeline" of potential investments
News Victoria Oakley appointed CEO of IFPI Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland
Interviews ‘India’s streaming market is on the cusp of a digital boom with unprecedented opportunity.’ MBW’s World Leaders series meets Kumar Taurani, Chairman and Managing Director of India's Tips Industries
News Warner Music Group launches Warner Music South Asia, led by Jay Mehta New entity covers WMG’s recorded music operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
News Having spent over $200m on catalogs to date, South Korea’s Beyond Music eyes Latin Music market with Yandel music rights deal Latin Music star Yandel strikes music rights deal with Beyond Music
Analysis News Spotify plans to let subscribers speed up songs – and pay rightsholders when those modified tracks are streamed (report) Spotify is working on new features to let its subcribers speed up and slow down songs, according to a report from the WSJ
Analysis News Amapiano and Afrobeats videos saw nearly 4 billion global views on Vevo in 2023 Music video network Vevo recorded a 56% YoY increase in viewership of Afrobeats and Amapiano videos globally in 2023
Interviews ‘If an artist is as singular as we think they are, ultimately, they’ll be heard. It’s about having faith in both the spirit and commitment of the artists.’ In this rare interview, Nonesuch Records President David Bither discusses the label's 60th anniversary, signing decisions, The Black Keys' new album Ohio Players and more
News BLACKPINK member LISA and her company LLOUD Co. strike partnership with RCA Records Artist to release new solo music via RCA, and according to the label, will 'have full ownership of all her recordings'
News B2B music streaming service Soundtrack Your Brand releases an AI Playlist Generator for business Company raised $15 million in a pre-growth round in June 2023
News After its acquisition by Chartmetric, artist tool Onesheet officially launches out of beta Platform allows artists and managers to create digital one-sheets “in seconds”
News German collection society GEMA’s revenues rose 8.4% YoY to $1.38bn in 2023 GEMA to distribute $1.17bn to its members and rightsholders worldwide