News This Friday (March 1), TikTok's current license for the Universal Music Publishing Group catalog – spanning some 4 million songs – officially expires Analysis News The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… News Denis Ladegaillerie, founder and CEO of Believe, makes statement in reaction to UMG and ByteDance's public falling-out Analysis News The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… News Exec will report to Sony Music Publishing's Senior Vice President of International, Dan Nelson Analysis News Spotify's annual report reveals an interesting trend around the joint market share of major record companies and Merlin on the platform News EQT says it expects to be 30 to 35% invested in Believe should takeover bid succeed News Launch of the new label in Japan comes three months after Believe began operating in the market