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
Analysis The 3 major music companies employed over 27,000 people between them last year – up by 6,660 on 2017 MBW digs into the filings of the Big Three to reveal how many people were employed by their organizations in 2022
News Warner to fund Web3 music projects via new accelerator in partnership with Polygon Labs Accelerator aims to power 'the next generation of innovation at the intersection of Web3 and music'
News European project LIVEMX launches with $4.4m of funding for music sector Funding will provide grants and capacity-building activities to 90 beneficiaries in the music sector
News Adele’s agent Lucy Dickins to receive this year’s Music Industry Trusts Award in London Dickins also represents Mumford & Sons, Stormzy SAULT, Cleo Sol, Little Simz, James Blake, Jamie T and more
Analysis History shows Elon Musk will have a fight on his hands from that music publisher lawsuit The NMPA's litigious history suggests Twitter's owner may face an uphill battle