Google In The News

Valeisha Butterfield Jones appointed Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for The Recording Academy

Exec was formerly the Global Head of Inclusion for Google

Pro Music Rights launches music licensing dashboard and reporting system

Company also plans to launch an updated Rights Holder Dashboard

TikTok crosses 2bn downloads, after racking up 500m in just 5 months

TikTok reaches huge milestone amid COVID-19 crisis

YouTube is generating $32k every minute – but how much of that money is being driven by music?

Data from Pex gives us clues as to how much money YouTube pays out to the music business in ad revenue

Sonos launches ad-supported radio streaming service, including artist ‘Stations’ from Thom Yorke and David Byrne

The new service brings together more than 60,000 stations from multiple streaming partners

Big Radio Consolidation Spotlights The Need to Update Songwriters’ Rights

David Israelite, CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association, on Liberty Media, iHeart and the US consent decrees

‘Liberty Media already has far too much control over the music ecosystem’: Artist & consumer rights groups oppose iHeart Media buyout

Collective urges DOJ to reject Liberty Media’s potential acquisition of iHeartMedia

Milk & Honey makes a statement with its new UK office – next door to Universal Music Group and Google

Management company hires Harry Knyt, signs Stuart Price and Andrew Jackson