News IFPI rolls out new music charts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and North Africa Charts aim to provide official rankings of the top streaming tracks in countries across the MENA region
News Vivendi exploring sale of ticketing firm See Tickets (report) Vivendi acquired See Tickets UK in its entirety in 2011
News Lauren Apolito promoted to Executive Vice President at SESAC-owned Rumblefish Rumblefish was acquired by SESAC in 2014
News Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist feature for up to 32 users 'Jam' lets up to 32 users collectively build a playlist in real-time
News YouTube introduced a suite of new AI tools for creators. Here’s what they can do. Platform unveiled various AI-powered tools at its Made on YouTube event
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Justin Kalifowitz Downtown's founder reflects on the songs that have helped shape his life and career
News TikTok music marketing agency Round makes key promotions, plans expansion in the US and LATAM Round claims to have delivered more than '1.5 billion engagements' across its campaigns for various superstar artists
News Nicola Tuer to leave Sony Music UK for family reasons Exec's career at Sony spans nearly 30 years
News Live Nation scraps artist merch fees at its US club venues as part of new ‘On the Road Again’ program Live Nation will also pay artists an extra $1,500 per show to cover fuel and travel expenses
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with estate of iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan Primary Wave acquire Sloan’s publishing and writer’s share in his works, as well his master royalty income
News After raising $1m, AI-powered marketing platform SymphonyOS partners with UnitedMasters SymphonyOS recently closed a $1m pre-seed round from strategic investors from the music and tech sectors
News TuneCore launches Splits ‘Priority Payouts’ program for customized royalty splits New feature lets artists prioritize the order in which collaborators are paid
News Jay-Z, Timbaland and Ginuwine beat copyright lawsuit over ‘Paper Chase’ and ‘Toe 2 Toe’ The lawsuit was brought by soul musician Ernie Hines
News Slip.Stream inks music licensing partnership with podcast firm Acast Royalty-free music platform to provide Acast with access to a library of over 70,000 songs for content creation
News Walter Kolm’s WK Entertainment forms partnership with Andres Castro’s Hits Don’t Lie Companies enter co-management deal for Latin music stars Zion & Lennox and Silvestre Dangond
News The A&R Awards 2023: The finalists revealed! The UK music industry's most enjoyable night out is just six weeks away. Now we know who'll be competing for the top prizes.
News Hari Nair appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tips Industries Tips Industries appoints Sony and ByteDance veteran as CEO
News Estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer drops appeal in Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright battle Estate of Ed Townsend withdraws motion for appeal