Analysis Why indie record labels are backing Universal Music Group’s action on TikTok. Dr Richard James Burgess MBE on why A2IM and its labels are supporting Universal's stance on the matter
News Former SoundCloud for Artists lead Jeff Ponchick raises $1.9m for royalties startup, Mogul Company's investors include Wonder Ventures, United Talent Agency, Amplify.LA, and former SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor’s Creator Partners
Analysis Could HYBE’s Weverse offer a template for Universal Music Group’s courting of ‘superfans’ in 2024? UMG has been experimenting with HYBE and Weverse since back in 2020. What's it learned?
News Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings joins forces with Create Music Group in multi-year deal So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri will transition from CEO to Chairman of the company, retaining creative direction
News Tom March appointed Chairman & CEO of Capitol Music Group, Lillia Parsa named Co-President News was announced by Interscope Geffen A&M Records (IGA) Chairman & CEO John Janick, to whom March reports
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund shareholders vote in favor of giving £20m ‘bung’ to bidders on its catalog Decision could result in multiple companies each being paid £20 million by UK-listed fund
News UK music licensing company PPL paid out over $352m to performers and rightsholders in 2023 PPL credits its 2023 performance to the ongoing recovery from the pandemic, with more businesses reopening in the UK and globally
Analysis News Spotify’s spat with Apple, its new deal with Joe Rogan and further cost-cutting: 3 things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call Spotify would be experimenting with a variety of payment models, were it not for the Apple Store’s so-called “app tax,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said.
Analysis The music sync industry is headed for an iceberg. It needs an upgrade. Sync veteran Tom Stingemore on why his industry is operating inefficiently and needs to change
News Michelle Jubelirer exits as Chair & CEO of Capitol Music Group Executive was promoted to Chair & CEO of Capitol Music Group in 2021
News Luminate acquires artist data identification service Quansic France-headquartered Quansic claims to operate the world’s largest artist identification database
News Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus and Quincy Jones join strategic funding round for royalty platform, Salt Salt claims that its platform will help songwriters access the so-called ‘Black Boxes’ of unclaimed or misallocated royalties
News Morgan Wallen signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Wallen will also have the ability to sign songwriters in partnership with WCM
News UK-based talent management company NQ strikes partnerships with Columbia Records UK and the Orchard NQ was established in 2017 by founder and CEO Michael Adex
Analysis News Spotify added 10m subscribers in Q4 2023, taking its total global paying subs audience to 236m Spotify's total number of Monthly Active Users grew 23% YoY to 602 million at the end of Q4 2023
News Karen Vincent elevated to General Manager of Warner Music Denmark The 25-year veteran of the music industry most recently served as Warner Music Denmark's Marketing Director
News Lina Tebbs named Director, UK Production Music at Warner Chappell Music Tebbs will aim to reinvigorate the Production Music team by exploring new approaches to cater to Warner Chappell's extensive catalog
News Beggars Group, Secretly, Partisan Records among indie labels pushing back against Apple Music’s higher payouts for Spatial Audio (report) "The new deal will badly impact our revenues," an indie record label executive says