News Create Music Group acquires MusicForPets, plans $10m investment to expand in the ‘music for pets’ space Music For Pets has gained popularity through its franchises like 'Relax My Dog' which has 1.47m YouTube subscribers
News Watch out YouTube, Spotify’s considering adding full-length music videos to its app (report) Bloomberg reports that Spotify is in discussions to test full-length music videos in its app
News Josh Simons named new CEO at music credits firm Jaxsta as Beth Appleton steps down Simons joined Jaxsta in February when the company acquired Vampr, a company he founded and led as CEO
News Universal to acquire catalog of Thailand’s RS Group, inks partnership to expand presence in the market RS Group is claimed to hold the second largest music catalog in Thailand
News From Logic’s eight-figure catalog deal to SoundCloud tackling the ‘Zero Plays problem’… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The headlines from the past week you can't afford to miss...
Analysis News Meet Ripple: TikTok parent’s new AI-powered music-making app that can turn a hummed melody into a song ByteDance's free-to-use music production app features: a 'Melody to Song' generator and a virtual recording studio
News Canva inks deals with Warner and Merlin to let creators use songs in their content Canva has built a user base of around 135m
News SoundCloud tackles what it calls the ‘Zero Plays problem’ with AI-Powered ‘First Fans’ feature Algorithm will use AI technology developed by Musiio
News Interscope Geffen A&M inks partnership with Josh Marshall’s Mogul Vision Mogul Vision was founded in 2019
News AP Music Royalties Fund acquires publishing catalog from British songwriter Chris Demetriou Demetriou’s most notable composition is 'He's Gonna Step On You Again'
News Logic sells catalog to Influence Media Partners in eight-figure deal Company says the deal spans 185 titles
News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund acquires indie label King Street Sounds, and catalog of dance duo Chocolate Puma Investment fund was launched this past April
News Dr. Tobias Holzmüller named new CEO of GEMA, with Dr. Harald Heker set to retire after 17 years German collection society GEMA represents the copyrights of nearly 90,000 members
News Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners sells 50% stake in music library to $200m-backed Multimedia Music Transaction includes the rights to the soundtracks of numerous movies, including 1917, The BFG, Bridge of Spies
News Veteran music exec Caron Veazey joins DICE Board of Directors Exec managed Pharrell Williams for nearly a decade
News Kool & The Gang’s George Brown strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with Primary Wave Band has sold over 70m albums
Analysis News Reservoir buys catalogs of four members of R&B and pop vocal legends The Spinners New York-based music rights company announces its latest deal
News $500m-backed Litmus Music acquires music rights from Benny Blanco Litmus was launched by music industry veterans Hank Forsyth and Dan McCarroll with Carlyle Global Credit