SoundCloud In The News

SoundHound raises $25m, just 2 weeks after axing 40% of its workforce

Company closed the financing on Friday, January 20

Erika Montes, SoundCloud’s Global VP for Artist & Label Relations, joins Rostrum Records as President

Rostrum founder Benjy Grinberg to move into new role of CEO

Emmy Lovell named Global Head of Music at SoundCloud

Lovell will continue to be based in London and will report to Chief Content and Marketing Officer, Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood.

How much productivity is too much productivity?

This op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde

SoundCloud’s revenues grew 19% YoY to $273m in 2021. Now it’s predicting that ‘fandom will be the next big format for the music business’.

2021 was the first year that SoundCloud's annual revenues topped a quarter of a billion dollars

Rhea Ghosh promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at copyright protection platform Cosynd

Prior to Cosynd, exec was Global Head of Marketing at Downtown Music Publishing

Universal hires former SoundCloud exec Alvaro Galbete-Velilla to develop opportunities in Web3 and the Metaverse

Kristen Bender also elevated to Senior Vice President, Digital Innovation Strategy & Business Development

Song data startup Session, co-founded by Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Niclas Molinder, partners with Brazil collection society UBC

UBC represents more than 50,000 members