News Former Warner boss Steve Cooper joins board of Quincy Jones-backed NFT platform OneOf Web3 company and NFT marketplace claims that its “Green NFT platform” mints NFTs that are up to “2 million times more energy efficient” than its rivals
News Napster acquires Web3 music startup Mint Songs after eight-figure financing The acquisition follows Mint Songs’ own $4.3m fundraising
News Sound Credit and PPL strike North America neighbouring rights collections partnership Sound Credit and Soundways will offer their North American performer community access to PPL’s international collections service
News BMG elevates Allegra Willis Knerr to EVP, Global Synch Licensing Exec will continue to report directly to Dominique Casimir, BMG Chief Content Officer
News Ex-BMG UK President Alexi Cory-Smith launches acquisitive firm with €30m fund (update) Firm has also struck a direct deal with David Gray to buy his publishing catalog
News Snoop Dogg is bringing the Death Row catalog back to streaming services… and TikTok has got it exclusively for the first week Release marks first-ever catalog reissue to release exclusively through SoundOn
News Iconoclast acquires Diplo’s Mad Decent Publishing catalog Founded by Olivier Chastan, Iconoclast entered the music rights acquisition space in February 2022
News Hipgnosis invests in Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub, grants producers and artists access to sample from its catalog Investment is part of Beatclub's series A-2 funding round
Interviews News Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music acquires Christopher Cross’ full catalog Seeker is led by CEO Evan Bogart, a chart-topping songwriter
Analysis Something New: Artificial Intelligence and the Perils of Plunder UMG's Chief Digital Officer, Michael Nash, on the possibilities, and threats, that a new wave of generative AI brings to music
News Harry Styles collaborator Tyler Johnson sells portion of catalog to Influence Media Partners Work on Harry Styles’ latest release, Harry’s House, is not included in this partnership
News After investing $125m over the past year, Cutting Edge secures another $100m to buy film and TV music rights The initial $125m round 'has been fully deployed' according to the company
News Warner Chappell inks global publishing deal with South Korea’s MZMC Inc. MZMC Inc. was founded in 2019 by Paul Thompson
Analysis Blog Where is the growth going to come from? Geoff Taylor, formerly CEO of the BPI, casts his eye over a slowdown in growth in mature markets – and ponders how it might be accelerated
Analysis Blog This Rihanna NFT Sale Raises Pertinent Questions (update) Bill Werde on the details behind a timely NFT drop that's hit headline news
News TikTok rival Triller acquires influencer marketing firm Julius Founded in 2012, Julius connects influencers with brands and agencies
News Universal’s Epic Rights strikes merch and licensing partnership with the Luther Vandross estate 'Multi-category worldwide retail and e-commerce program to be developed for the legendary singer
News Music distributor Alliance Entertainment completes $480m SPAC merger Firm completes merger with blank check company, Adara Acquisition