News TikTok Music just launched publicly in Australia, Singapore and Mexico… without Universal Music’s catalog Universal's recorded music catalog remains available on TikTok Music in Brazil and Indonesia
Analysis News Gap between music and video streaming prices widens as Netflix announces $3 hike to Premium subscriptions Netflix Premium will now cost $22.99 per month in the US, up $3 from $19.99, an increase of 15%
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms that Merck Mercuriadis has an option to buy all of its rights if his investment advisory company is terminated Hipgnosis Songs Fund board announces Strategic Review of company, while confirming its investment advisor's key contractual clause
News Alain Couttolenc appointed CEO at Utopia Music as Mattias Hjelmstedt assumes role as Chairman Couttolenc previously served as Chief Development Officer at data company Ipsos
News Virgin Music Group combines Virgin Music and Ingrooves Music Group into united global operation Virgin Music Group will be organized into five key regions, with country leaders reporting to newly appointed regional leaders
News Rich Schaefer promoted to President, Global Touring at AEG Presents Schaefer previously held the title of Senior Vice President, Global Touring
Interviews ‘It’s an absolute balance of quality and taste with serious commercial ability.’ Polydor's Ben Mortimer reflects on his first 12 months as the label’s sole President, as well as Polydor’s DNA, and much more…
News After raising $65m, DICE expands into Canada Launch in Toronto marks the company's latest expansion in North America
News BMG forms alliance with Universal Music Group; plans to move physical distribution to UMG’s Commercial Services division BMG says other collaborations with UMG are also under discussion
News After raising over $10m, Moises unveils AI-powered ‘Voice Studio’ that lets artists license and sell their own voices Company surpassed 30 million registered users on its platform earlier this year
News Financial management platform Voly Music rebrands as Voly Entertainment Fintech firm says the rebranding 'does not affect the functionality or features of the Voly Entertainment platform in any way'.
Analysis News AI company Anthropic recently secured up to $4bn in investment from Amazon. Now it’s being sued for copyright infringement by Universal Music Group. The lawsuit claims that 'Anthropic profits richly from its infringement of Publishers’ repertoires and other copyright owners’ works'
News BMG expects to spend another $400m on catalog acquisitions this year – and just made its largest ever recorded music acquisition in France BMG has acquired the recorded music catalog of superstar French DJ and electronic music artist Martin Solveig
News Concord’s $469m acquisition of Round Hill’s UK fund overwhelmingly approved by latter firm’s shareholders Vote was passed unanimously by 99% of those shareholders who voted
News Universal Music strikes ‘first-of-its-kind’ strategic AI partnership with BandLab Technologies Partnership will be 'centered on empowering the next generation of artists, including within BandLab’s global community'.
News Erik Pettie joins mtheory as SVP and Head of new Artist Services and Partnerships unit Exec was previously Head of Artist Strategy, Editorial & Marketing Partnerships at TuneCore
News Avex USA forms JV with Coup D’Etat Music to sign Nigerian Afrobeats star Victony Artist has also signed a record deal with Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings
Analysis Blog Superfans and supine fans: the music industry is getting its priorities the wrong way around The following op-ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde