News Google parent Alphabet to slash global workforce by 6%, with 12,000 workers to be laid off Tech giant become latest to axe substantial number of its employees
News Warner’s Décibels Productions acquires France-based talent agency Les Visiteurs su Soir Les Visiteurs su Soir was founded in 1991 by Olivier Gluzman
Analysis News The investment bank that’s been most critical of Hipgnosis Songs Fund… just upgraded Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ‘positive’ Merck Mercuriadis' firm gets a bump from one of its biggest critics in the financial world
News Amazon Music raises standard monthly subscription price from $9.99 to $10.99. (Spotify, so far, still refuses to do the same.) Amazon had over 80 million paying music subscribers last year, according to Midia Research
News Avex USA launches Blue Suede Records label JV with TikTok star Ari Elkins Elkins has amassed over 1.9m followers on TikTok
News Record industry triumphs in ‘first ever’ stream ripping blocking case in India Ruling requires ISPs in India to block access to 20 stream ripping sites
News After raising $11.7m, Web3 and virtual artist company HUME hires Adrian Karvinen in VP role Karvinen will be responsible for building partnerships between brands and 'metastars'
News K-Pop stars NCT 127 to hold free virtual concert on Roblox Event is claimed to be the first-ever dedicated K-pop experience on Roblox
News Patra Sinner appointed General Counsel at Symphonic Distribution Sinner co-founded Vista 22, an artist management, distribution and label services company based in Nashville
News Emmy Lovell named Global Head of Music at SoundCloud Lovell will continue to be based in London and will report to Chief Content and Marketing Officer, Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood.
Interviews As artists reach $100m in direct-to-fan sales via Bandzoogle, the company says it’s ‘solely focused on putting more money in the pocket of creators’ Bandzoogle CEO Stacey Bedford on the company's $100m artist sales milestone, the firm’s positioning in the music industry, and why it's so important for artists to have a clear merch strategy...
News YouTube and Goldenvoice renew exclusive multi-year deal for Coachella livestream The 2023 Coachella will mark the 11th year that YouTube will be livestreaming the event
News Viberate cuts subscription cost to under $10 in bid to democratize access to high end data analytics tools Music data analytics company implements 'scary' subs cost cut to 'revolutionize' pricing model in the sector
News UK music bodies express concern over future of ‘vital’ BBC Introducing music discovery platform BBC Introducing is a new music discovery platform that launched in 2007
News FUGA inks global distribution deal with Marathon Music Marathon Music Group is the parent company of Marathon Artists
News Mass tech layoffs continue, as Microsoft makes 10,000 job cuts Satya Nadella revealed Wednesday, January 18, that the company is reducing its workforce by 10,000 jobs
News Warner to premiere Latin Music TV series ‘Melody’ on Prime Video Series is being produced by Warner Music Entertainment (WME), Warner Chappell Music (WCM), Warner Music Latina (WML) and Trinity Entertainment