News Bruno Mars just shattered Spotify’s monthly listeners record… and he hasn’t even got a new album out. Mars currently has more than 135 million monthly listeners on the platform, way ahead of the previous record set by The Weeknd
News NewJeans just held a press conference to announce they’ve left HYBE’s ADOR… but the K-Pop giant says their deal is still ‘in full effect’ "Staying at the agency will only prolong our psychological pain and waste our time," group member Hanni said
Interviews As Believe UK celebrates its 15th anniversary, key executives Ben Rimmer, Alex Kennedy and Malena Wolfer talk recent successes and what comes next. Three top Believe UK execs celebrate the company’s 15 anniversary and look to its future...
News GoldState Music buys catalogs from CatchPoint Rights, AMR Songs for $200m (report) GoldState has strategically targeted music publishing and royalty income streams that offer steady returns
News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa
News Rebecca Dixon promoted to Global Head of Marketing and General Manager UK at Various Artists Dixon will work between the VAM offices in London and LA
Analysis Spotify paid Warner Music Group $1.16bn in FY 2024. (That’s around the same amount the streamer’s execs have cashed out in stock this year.) Warner's financial filings reveal Spotify's contribution to the company's revenues in the 12 months to end of September
Analysis News Key Spotify executives have cashed out more than $1 billion in stock this year… including $283 million for Daniel Ek. Following a series of blockbuster earnings reports, Spotify's stock is trading near all-time highs
News TikTok rival Triller says Kevin McGurn won’t be joining the company as CEO after all The newly publicly listed company offered no explanation for the reversal
News Clemens Trautmann promoted to President of Deutsche Grammophon and New Business Strategy He has served as President of Deutsche Grammophon for the past nine years
Analysis News The Orchard inks global distribution deal with prominent Zagreb-based independent label, Croatia Records Company is led by Director Želimir Babogredac and formerly known as Jugoton
News Twitch co-founder Justin Kan and artist manager Nicholas Parasram launch Thin Ice Entertainment Both Kan and Parasram are known for their track record of launching startups
News PlayAI snags $21m in funding to launch AI voice-cloning platform A news report suggests PlayAI's tech raises ethical concerns about the its ability to clone real people's voices
News Music industry backs new ‘TRAIN Act’ requiring transparency in materials used to train AI The law would require AI companies to disclose whether or not they used copyrighted works at the request of rightsholders
News Drake files ANOTHER legal petition over Not Like Us; accuses Universal of ‘inappropriate business practices’ including a ‘payola’ scheme to turn Kendrick Lamar’s diss track into a mega-hit. Read the full filing. 'The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue,' said a UMG spokesperson in response to the first filing on Monday (November 25)
News Natasha Baldwin promoted to President, Global Classics, Jazz & Screen at Universal Music Group Baldwin first joined UMG in 2016 to launch Decca Publishing
News Tuned Global launches ‘Social Radio’ product that turns listeners into creators The key to making a successful radio DJ app is to place it on existing, successful platforms, Tuned Global says
News Seon Jeong Shin promoted to President of HYBE’s BIGHIT MUSIC, the label home of BTS and Tomorrow x Together Exec is credited with playing an 'instrumental' role in the creation and early success of BTS.