News Hipgnosis is in buying mode again, as company snaps up song catalog of British hitmakers TMSIncluded in the TMS catalog are songs Someone You Loved and Before you Go, which were hits for Lewis Capaldi
News Music industry veteran Rob Gross joins The Syndicate as SVP, Label ServicesExec will be bringing over several of his current clients
News Baroline Diaz launches Great Day Records label with Santa Anna and Alamo RecordsGreat Day will be headquartered in New York
News SoundCloud renews US advertising partnership with SiriusXM’s sales forceThe extension enables advertisers and brands to continue purchasing SoundCloud’s US advertising inventory directly through SXM Media
News Utopia CEO exits company in management shake-up; Roberto Neri named CEO of Music Services divisionCompany founder takes up additional responsibility as it searches for a new CEO
Analysis News Spotify paying subscribers reached 205m in Q4 2022, up by 10m on the previous quarterMonthly Active Users grew 20% YoY to 489 million at the end of Q4 2022
News Matt Pincus-led MUSIC makes ‘significant minority investment’ in independent music company LVRNLVRN to use the new capital to expand around the world, with a key focus in the U.K. and West Africa
News Universal partners with TIDAL to develop ‘more artist and fan-friendly’ streaming modelTIDAL and UMG announced plans to research new streaming model
News Jenifer Mallory promoted to President at Columbia RecordsExec has served as the company’s Executive Vice President and General Manager since 2018
News Lucy Dann joins Universal Music UK’s EMI Records as Managing DirectorDann joins EMI following 10 years at Polydor Records
Blog News The music industry frets about AI music, but is it just a new form of Muzak?The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde
News Rihanna catalog now available with Spatial Audio in Dolby Atmos on Apple Music'We are excited to celebrate Rihanna, and give her fans a new way to experience her music with Spatial Audio, as well as exclusive content from Apple Music,' said Oliver Schusser, Apple’s Vice President of Apple Music and Beats
Analysis News Spotify wants 50 million creators on its platform by 2030. BandLab already has 60 million.And wait until you read how many tracks are being made on the Singapore-headquartered platform each month...
News Thomas Coesfeld: ‘I am determined BMG will grow even bigger and more successful under my leadership.’Hartwig Masuch and Coesfeld pay tribute to one another in memos sent to BMG staff