Sony Music Group In The News

Music’s biggest companies are waiting for a Spotify price rise. For now, Spotify isn’t budging.

Daniel Ek is wondering if Netflix "didn't get ahead of itself" with its streaming price rises...

From Justin Timberlake’s catalog sale to Sony’s unrecouped balance program expansion: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

Sony Music to expand unrecouped balance program to more artists and songwriters

Sony Music is extending the program on a rolling basis

Sony Music Publishing inks global deal with Black River Publishing

In the partnership, SMP will provide its global services to Black River's publishing catalog

Social audio company Gimme Radio raises $3m

Previous investors include iHeartMedia and The Orchard

Primary Wave buys Bob Dylan’s share of The Traveling Wilburys

Included in the deal are Dylan’s master royalties and neighboring rights royalties for both Traveling Wilburys albums, as well as the 2007 box set

Pink Floyd considering sale of recorded music catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars, say Bloomberg sources

Warner bought control of Pink Floyd with Parlophone. But not, it seems, for the long term.

Sony Music Publishing UK signs Ed Sheeran co-writer Kal Lavelle to global deal

Kal Lavelle co-wrote Ed Sheeran’s No.1 hit Shivers