News As Universal Music hits begin to vanish from TikTok, UMG accuses platform of ‘unwillingness to appropriately compensate artists and songwriters, protect human artists from the harmful effects of AI, and address online safety issues’ Removal of UMG's catalog follows the collapse of the two parties' licensing talks
Analysis News As YouTube Music hits 100m paid subscribers, Lyor Cohen says the platform ‘cares profoundly about the health of the music industry’ YouTube has surpassed 100 million paid YouTube Music and Premium subscribers worldwide
News Kenny Ong appointed Managing Director for Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore at Sony Music Ong to spearhead the company's expansion and strategic development across the region
News Universal to stop licensing its music to TikTok… tomorrow The world’s largest music rightsholder just announced that its agreement with TikTok is set to expire tomorrow on January 31.
News With India in the running to overtake the US as the biggest music streaming market (by volume), Believe swoops for local ‘powerhouse’ catalog Believe has also acquired WHM's YouTube channel
Analysis With ‘superfans’ in their eyes, could the major record companies now rally behind Spotify in its ‘app tax’ battle with Apple? Why a careful balancing act is required by the majors as their own priorities become entangled in Spotify and Apple's fight
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