News Primary Wave strikes music rights deal with the Cars Deal comes less than a year after Primary Wave struck a 'multi-million-dollar' partnership with the estate of The Cars' Ric Ocasek
News Matthew Rogers appointed Chief Commercial Officer at GYRO Group Rogers joins GYRO Group following a 14-year tenure as Chief Operating Officer at UNIFIED Music Group
News PRS for Music paid out $1.3bn to songwriters, composers and publishers in 2024, up 8.1% YoY PRS reported revenue growth of 6.1% YoY to £1.15bn ($1.46 billion) in 2024
News Confirmed: Bruno Crolot joins Believe as President, Label & Artist Solutions (LAS) Exec was previously Spotify’s Senior Director, Head of International Music
Analysis Emerging markets, superfans, and price rises: 7 takeaways from Goldman Sachs’ new ‘Music in the Air’ report Goldman Sachs has published the latest edition of its influential Music in the Air report
News Music Nation granted permit to operate a CMO in the UAE, as country aims to become creative industry hub Development described as “a pivotal moment” for the UAE and Music Nation
News Warner Music strikes licensing deal with karaoke startup Singa 'Together, we’re paving the way for continuous innovation in music,' said WMG's John Rees
News VNYL acquires Vinyl Me Please, announces relaunch of troubled record subscription service Vinyl Me Please 'struggled with fulfillment delays, operational breakdowns, and unmet customer expectations' in recent years
News Clio Massey and Matt D’Arduini appointed Co-Presidents, Arista Records They succeed David Massey, who confirmed his retirement as President and CEO, Arista Records, in April
News Music industry veteran Tony Latham launches Royalty Access Studio, with plans to deploy $20m in artist financing over next 12 months 'We launched RAS to make royalty advances simple,' said Latham, Co-Founder and CEO of Royalty Access Studio
News Labels settle copyright suit with Frontier Communications after years-long battle A notice of settlement was filed with the court on May 28
News TikTok for Artists launches globally after beta testing TikTok for Artists offers daily analytics dashboards showing how songs and posts perform on the social media app
News Court rules NewJeans will be fined if they engage in independent promotional activities, amid contract dispute with HYBE’s ADOR Court states that the K-pop group have to pay $726,300 per member for each instance of promo activity undertaken without their agency's permission
News Meta sued for alleged ‘rampant infringement’ of Eminem songs on Facebook, Instagram Eight Mile Style alleges that Meta doesn't have a license to including Eminem songs in its social media music libraries
News Music publishing brings in $11.1bn annually across 16 major markets, first-ever ICMP survey finds ICMP hopes snapshot of publishing revenue across major markets will be a valuable tool for understanding the nature of the business
News Dean Ormston, CEO of APRA AMCOS, elected Chair for CISAC Ormston has served as CEO of APRA AMCOS since 2018
News Rezonate Music Rights launches with $150m backing from Bridgepoint to acquire producer catalogs Company has already acquired rights from several producers
News Melanie Johnson appointed Director of Transformation at the UK’s PPL Johnson will oversee 'an ambitious cross-company innovation programme,' according to PPL