News Concord’s film and TV division acquires legendary studio RKO RKO was behind numerous classic films such as 'King Kong,' 'It's A Wonderful Life' and 'Citizen Kane'
News Reservoir strikes ‘multifaceted’ deal with indie label Fools Gold Records, including acquisition of several of its artists’ catalogs Deal sees Fool’s Gold join Reservoir’s recorded music division
News Believe now valued at close to $2bn, as Denis Ladegaillerie consortium ups bid for remaining shares Upbeat Bidco increases the price of its take-private offer
News DICE acquired by live events discovery platform Fever Sale follows Bloomberg report in 2024 that DICE was in advanced talks to sell, potentially valuing it at 'hundreds of millions of dollars'
News Spotify raises Premium prices in France for second time in 13 months France last saw a price rise from Spotify in May 2024 following the country’s implementation of a music streaming tax
News Audiomack and Beatdapp team up to address streaming fraud Beatdapp will help Audiomack identify artificial activity, compromised user accounts and bots
News AEG Presents buys 45-year-old Nashville event producer Gary Musick Productions The transaction includes Destination Musick City, which handles corporate groups visiting Nashville.
News Live events platform Fever secures another $100m in funding, reports 20x revenue growth Fever was last valued at $1.8 billion in 2023, following funding rounds led by Goldman Sachs
News Suno upgrades AI Song Editor, as labels reportedly push for Content ID-style fingerprinting in licensing talks with AI music platforms As record companies push for input over what sorts of tools AI music platforms develop, Suno is forging ahead with new capabilities
News Julian Palmer joins UMPG UK as Senior Director, A&R and Catalogue Palmer joins UMPG after 12 years at Columbia Records.
News Primary Wave strikes music rights deal with the Cars Deal comes less than a year after Primary Wave struck a 'multi-million-dollar' partnership with the estate of The Cars' Ric Ocasek
News Matthew Rogers appointed Chief Commercial Officer at GYRO Group Rogers joins GYRO Group following a 14-year tenure as Chief Operating Officer at UNIFIED Music Group
News PRS for Music paid out $1.3bn to songwriters, composers and publishers in 2024, up 8.1% YoY PRS reported revenue growth of 6.1% YoY to £1.15bn ($1.46 billion) in 2024
News Confirmed: Bruno Crolot joins Believe as President, Label & Artist Solutions (LAS) Exec was previously Spotify’s Senior Director, Head of International Music
Analysis News Emerging markets, superfans, and price rises: 7 takeaways from Goldman Sachs’ new ‘Music in the Air’ report Goldman Sachs has published the latest edition of its influential Music in the Air report
