News Amuse to pay AI-driven royalty advance money to independent artists Diego Farias's company adds important financial service to offering
News Max Lousada leads Warner’s recorded music business to $1bn quarter Across the full calendar year of 2018, Warner's recorded music operation hit revenues of $3.5bn
News Music Modernization Act: Labels and publishers back NMPA’s bid to run new mechanical rights society Universal, Sony and Warner, as well as indies, support publisher org's application
News Secretly Distribution leaves physical Warner/ADA deal to sign with AMPED Artists signed to Secretly Distribution labels include Sharon Van Etten, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Angel Olsen and Tycho
News Marshmello just played a live set to 10m people in video game Fortnite – and that wasn’t even the most interesting move he made this weekend DJ's new single, performed in Hindi, is out now, featuring Pritam
Analysis English-language music is losing its stranglehold on global pop charts – and YouTube is driving the change When YouTube’s charts say what's popular, you better believe it. And, right now, "what's popular" applies increasingly less to U.S. pop stars.
News Spotify in talks to buy podcasting company Gimlet Media – reports Gimlet creates podcasts such as Startup, Crimetown and The Pitch
News Sony Music streaming revenues topped $2bn in 2018, as total sales hit $3.9bn Sony's overall annual recorded music revenues in 2018 grew by 1.7%
News YouTube promotes Carletta Higginson to Global Head of Music Publishing Exec has spent five years at Google/YouTube
News Spotify didn’t launch in India today after all… and still doesn’t have major label approval to do so Spotify's proposed average ad-funded rate in India will sit at less than $0.0005 per-play
News Universal parent Vivendi buys book publishing company Editis in $1bn deal "This acquisition is a logical step in the building of a large content, media and communications group. It also marks the return of this French publishing powerhouse to a European group with a global reach."
News Why is SiriusXM buying Pandora in a $3.5bn deal – and what’s it going to do with a music streaming platform? The biggest deal of 2019 so far should close by the end of this week
News SoundExchange paid $953m to artists and labels last year – an all-time record Organization now on cusp of surpassing $6bn in lifetime payouts to recorded music members
News Nigeria’s Mavin Records secures multi-million dollar investment from Kupanda Holdings “Our mission is to grow Mavin Global into the music powerhouse of Africa,” says Don Jazzy
Analysis News SoundCloud revenues grew 80% to top $100m in 2017, as losses narrowed 27% Subscription revenues nearly doubled in the year, up to $82m