The Orchard In The News

UnitedMasters is now offering $1m advances to indie artists, plus real-time streaming royalty pay-outs

Steve Stoute's company teams with beatBread and Paperchain to up its game in the world of financial tools

Universal Music Group posted almost $1bn in EBITDA profit in the first half of 2021

Recorded music streaming revenues leap up 29.7% year-on-year in Q2

The Orchard inks global distribution deal with UK independent label BE83 Music

BE83 houses recordings, management, content creation and publishing

Free music streaming app TREBEL files for US IPO

App had 3.2 m users as of December 31, 2020

Naledi Nyahuma Seck joins The Orchard as Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Exec previously served as Senior Director, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Universal Music Group

Sony’s spent $1.4bn on music acquisitions in the last six months… and Rob Stringer’s not stopping there

Stringer spoke at Sony Corporation's Investor Relations (IR) day today (May 27)

Big move for Sony Music, as Nas’s Mass Appeal label inks deal with The Orchard

Deal brings to an end Mass Appeal's three-year global distribution deal with Universal Music Group

Sony Music completes $430m buyout of AWAL – but UK competition body is investigating deal

Phase One of investigation is yet to get underway