News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa
News Rebecca Dixon promoted to Global Head of Marketing and General Manager UK at Various Artists Dixon will work between the VAM offices in London and LA
Analysis News Key Spotify executives have cashed out more than $1 billion in stock this year… including $283 million for Daniel Ek. Following a series of blockbuster earnings reports, Spotify's stock is trading near all-time highs
News TikTok rival Triller says Kevin McGurn won’t be joining the company as CEO after all The newly publicly listed company offered no explanation for the reversal
News Clemens Trautmann promoted to President of Deutsche Grammophon and New Business Strategy He has served as President of Deutsche Grammophon for the past nine years
Analysis News The Orchard inks global distribution deal with prominent Zagreb-based independent label, Croatia Records Company is led by Director Želimir Babogredac and formerly known as Jugoton
News Twitch co-founder Justin Kan and artist manager Nicholas Parasram launch Thin Ice Entertainment Both Kan and Parasram are known for their track record of launching startups
News PlayAI snags $21m in funding to launch AI voice-cloning platform A news report suggests PlayAI's tech raises ethical concerns about the its ability to clone real people's voices
News Music industry backs new ‘TRAIN Act’ requiring transparency in materials used to train AI The law would require AI companies to disclose whether or not they used copyrighted works at the request of rightsholders
News Drake files ANOTHER legal petition over Not Like Us; accuses Universal of ‘inappropriate business practices’ including a ‘payola’ scheme to turn Kendrick Lamar’s diss track into a mega-hit. Read the full filing. 'The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue,' said a UMG spokesperson in response to the first filing on Monday (November 25)
News Natasha Baldwin promoted to President, Global Classics, Jazz & Screen at Universal Music Group Baldwin first joined UMG in 2016 to launch Decca Publishing
News Tuned Global launches ‘Social Radio’ product that turns listeners into creators The key to making a successful radio DJ app is to place it on existing, successful platforms, Tuned Global says
News Seon Jeong Shin promoted to President of HYBE’s BIGHIT MUSIC, the label home of BTS and Tomorrow x Together Exec is credited with playing an 'instrumental' role in the creation and early success of BTS.
News Deezer becomes latest streaming service to integrate TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature Feature allows TikTok users to save songs discovered on the platform to their preferred music streaming service
News Nvidia unveils AI audio generator ‘Fugatto’ that can produce ‘sounds never heard before’ Nvidia describes its new artificial intelligence technology as “a Swiss Army knife for sound”