News Merlin’s newly elected Board hails from 12 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania News Apple Music has published its year-end charts highlighting the biggest songs of the year across Apple Music and Shazam News The news was confirmed today (May 23) in an internal memo to staff from SoundCloud CEO, Eliah Seton, obtained by MBW News SoundCloud introduced its “fan-powered royalties” model in April 2021 News Promotion follows the hire of Allison Kleshefsky, its New York-based DSP Editorial & Partnerships Lead last year Analysis Blog The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL News 'It really is an exciting time to be an independent artist,' says Tracy Chan, VP, Head of Music at Twitch News He succeeds current Exceleration Music partner and former Epitaph executive Dave Hansen