News Riot Games cuts 530 roles globally as it ‘more tightly integrates esports, music, and entertainment’ with its games Riot Games is laying off around 11% of its workforce
News Kristof Jansen promoted to Vice President of Believe-owned Groove Attack Believe acquired Groove Attack in 2018
News Warner Music Group launches new Brazil HQ and creative hub in Rio de Janeiro The new hub houses the operations of Warner Music Brazil, Warner Chappell Music Brazil, and ADA Brazil
News AI-made music can now be easily uploaded to SoundCloud, thanks to a trio of new deals Company inks deals with Fadr, Soundful, and Voice-Swap
News BMG ‘doubles down’ on North America, as Jon Loba gets promoted to frontline role, with Thomas Scherer to run Global Catalog BMG is planning to increase investment in its US record labels
News Did Spotify just confirm that ‘superfan clubs’ are coming to its platform? Spotify appears to have revealed this information in a blog post
News Primary Wave strikes music rights deal with the estate of Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland 'There are few rock artists that had the impact that Scott Weiland did on music,' said Primary Wave CEO & Founder, Larry Mestel
News Spirit Music Group inks admin services deal with Downtown Music Publishing Spirit's current sub-publishing arrangements will remain in place
News Apple Music Classical officially launches in Japan, South Korea and China Apple Music Classical launched in March 2023, following Apple’s acquisition of Netherlands-based classical music streaming service Primephonic in 2021
News Warner Music strikes ‘landmark’ partnership with Pakistan-based music and audio production company, Giraffe Warner Music to work with Giraffe to establish a presence in Pakistan
News Drake’s OVO Sound partners with – and secures investment from – Todd Moscowitz and Sony Music’s Santa Anna OVO Sound will remain a stand-alone record label distributed and marketed through Santa Anna Label Group
Analysis News India could become the world’s biggest music streaming market by volume in 2024 – overtaking the USA Total on-demand music streams in India were up by nearly half a billion in 2023 vs. 2022, according to Luminate
Analysis Primary Wave could buy a ‘music platform’. Here’s 4 ideas about what it might acquire… Company teased that it was targeting a music platform last week. Which areas will it be considering?
News Live music company DEAG plans to re-list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and raise between €40m to €50m to spend on M&A The company first went public in 1998 and delisted in January 2021
News TuneCore says that over 80,000 indie artists are enrolled in its ‘TuneCore Accelerator’ marketing programs TuneCore has published its first TuneCore Accelerator Report