News Should photographers and rightsholders get paid when tattoo artists ink pictures of music icons? A trial underway in California could determine whether a tattoo based on a copyrighted image is a copyright violation
News Primary Wave strikes music rights deal with the estate of Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland 'There are few rock artists that had the impact that Scott Weiland did on music,' said Primary Wave CEO & Founder, Larry Mestel
News Spirit Music Group inks admin services deal with Downtown Music Publishing Spirit's current sub-publishing arrangements will remain in place
News Apple Music Classical officially launches in Japan, South Korea and China Apple Music Classical launched in March 2023, following Apple’s acquisition of Netherlands-based classical music streaming service Primephonic in 2021
News Warner Music strikes ‘landmark’ partnership with Pakistan-based music and audio production company, Giraffe Warner Music to work with Giraffe to establish a presence in Pakistan
News Johannes von Schwarzkopf appointed SVP Corporate Development at BMG Von Schwarzkopf will lead BMG's efforts to identify new business opportunities and oversee growth initiatives
News Sports music licensing company ClicknClear inks deal with Warner Chappell Music Over 100 million young people worldwide participate in sports like gymnastics and figure skating, where music plays a crucial role
News TikTok cuts 60 jobs across sales and advertising divisions (Report) The layoffs come despite strong revenue growth and ambitious plans at the social media company
Analysis Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s Chairman is determined to abolish Merck Mercuriadis’ ‘call option’. He was less bothered when Round Hill Music Royalty Fund’s investment manager had a near-identical clause. A tale of two call options...
News Drake’s OVO Sound partners with – and secures investment from – Todd Moscowitz and Sony Music’s Santa Anna OVO Sound will remain a stand-alone record label distributed and marketed through Santa Anna Label Group
News India’s Tips Industries generated $7.78m in calendar Q4, up 27% YoY Tips’ rising numbers come amid surging growth in the Indian music market
News Grammy-winning engineer Wez Clarke’s music-making skills have been ‘cloned’ by an AI platform. He loves it. The clone was created in collaboration with the engineer himself
Analysis News India could become the world’s biggest music streaming market by volume in 2024 – overtaking the USA Total on-demand music streams in India were up by nearly half a billion in 2023 vs. 2022, according to Luminate
News Nuclear Blast launches heavy metal virtual world ‘Blast Valley’ with The Sandbox "It's a sprawling abyss where the very air pulsates to metal music"
News Singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk sells catalog of hits to Canada’s Anthem Entertainment The catalog includes songs performed by Pitbull, Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani
News PPL partners with India’s ISAMRA on royalty collections The deal means PPL can now collect royalties on behalf of mandated performers in India
Analysis Primary Wave could buy a ‘music platform’. Here’s 4 ideas about what it might acquire… Company teased that it was targeting a music platform last week. Which areas will it be considering?
News Live music company DEAG plans to re-list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and raise between €40m to €50m to spend on M&A The company first went public in 1998 and delisted in January 2021