News Warner Music Group job ad reveals initial details of its ‘superfan app’ Warner Music Group is looking for a Senior Product Designer to work specifically on its superfan technology
News HYBE-owned Supertone’s new AI ‘voice changer’ lets artists change their vocals… in real-time Supertone has launched the beta version of a new tool called 'Supertone Shift'
News Music funding platform beatBread partners with Kobalt, AMRA to offer clients publishing administration The partnership will be particularly helpful for artists “who are currently unpublished and under-collecting their performance and mechanical revenues,” beatBread says
News Armin van Buuren’s Armada forms new parent company, acquires Amsterdam’s Cloud 9 Music, and targets $500m in new investments via its BEAT Music Fund The newly-formed Armada Music Group will encompass Armada’s label, publishing and investments arms
News Cindy James promoted to General Manager of Virgin Music Group, North America James most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial Marketing for Virgin Music
News TikTok strikes global ticketing partnership with AXS The feature is live in the US, UK, Sweden and Australia
Interviews ‘In K-pop, the number one thing is the relationship with your fans. Non K-pop artists have to put their fans on the same level as their artistry.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Mitra Darab, President HxG at HYBE America
News Lex Borrero’s NTERTAIN acquires the Official Latino Film Festival, launches NVISION Film & Music Festival NTERTAIN is also comprised of NEON16, NTERTAIN Studios, and marketing agency AM16
News Warner Chappell Music taps ICE as sole digital licensing partner in Europe, Middle East, Africa Launched by the UK’s PRS for Music, Sweden’s STIM and Germany’s GEMA, ICE represents 330,000 rightsholders
News Pauline Duarte appointed Vice President of Columbia France, as Laurent Chapeau steps down As part of the transition, labels Hall Access, A+LSO, and Masterworks will move from Columbia Labels Group to RCA Labels Group France
News Latin music veteran Gustavo Lopez launches Globalatino Music Partners; acquires majority stake in Cigol Music Lopez was a longtime Universal executive and CEO of Saban Music Latin, which was recently acquired by Virgin Music Group
News On… DistroKid, Trefuego, modified audio, and the potential for a new ‘Napster Nightmare’ Should distributors bear any responsibility for the spread of copyright-infringing modified tracks?
Interviews ‘When artists say they want to be independent, what they really mean is they want to be autonomous.’ Stem founder, Milana Rabkin-Lewis, on her company, TikTok vs. UMG, AI, and much more
News Warner Chappell Music strikes exclusive publishing deal with Electronic Arts The deal includes soundtracks from EA's games, as well as access for EA to Warner Chappell's music-creation talent pool
News Cutting Edge Group secures $500m to fund music rights acquisitions Cutting Edge said it has already identified a "circa USD $1.5 billion pipeline" of potential investments
News Apple’s Elena Segal to receive Ivors Academy Honor for UK music industry contributions Segal is being honored for "consistently champion[ing] the value of songwriters and music publishing"
News SAG-AFTRA strikes new deal with major labels on sound recordings, including protections for AI use Among other things, the deal requires an artist's consent for their voice to be used in AI-generated content
News StubHub eyes late summer IPO, targeting $16.5B valuation (report) The viagogo-owned ticket resales company has accumulated more than $2 billion in debt