News Tencent Music’s QQ Music becomes China’s first domestic streaming service to support Dolby Atmos sound Announcement marks the start of a strategic partnership between Tencent Music and Dolby
News After raising $4.5m, Keatly Haldeman’s Dequency officially launches Web3 music licensing marketplace Company raised $4.5m via an investment round led by Borderless Capital
News Songwriters Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk Gramer invest in Swedish sound tech company Audiodo Company claims that it can map out "a precise and thorough understanding of your hearing" in under three minutes
News Music veteran Irv Gotti sells stake in Murder Inc. master recordings to Iconoclast as part of $300m deal Los Angeles-based Iconoclast was founded by Olivier Chastan
News Live Nation acquires concerts division of Thailand-based entertainment company TERO Deal expands upon a joint venture between Live Nation and TERO launched in 2015
Analysis News When will TikTok start paying the music industry ‘properly’? The current 'buy-out' model is causing great concern amongst some music industry companies, MBW has learned
News Superstar songwriter, producer and artist Tainy renews global deal with Sony Music Publishing Tainy produced nine songs on Bad Bunny’s record-breaking album 'Un Verano Sin Ti', and has worked with Cardi B, Dua Lipa and Selena Gomez
News deadmau5’s PIXELYNX names ex Kobalt President and TIDAL CEO Richard Sanders as Group Strategy Advisor Paul Joffe also joins the company as COO, while Steve Wakeman is named Head of Production
News Travis Barker releases first NFT collection via LimeWire, as former file-sharing platform officially launches collectibles marketplace Rollout follows news in May that the platform had struck its first major label partnership with Universal Music Group
News Ajay ‘Charlie B’ Saxena, Nicholas Causarano and George Kalivas named A&R Directors at Warner Music Canada The trio of appointments represents a 'reset' of WM Canada's A&R team, it says
News TikTok: Music e-commerce plans WON’T be affected by TikTok Shop availability The FT reported that TikTok has scrapped the expansion of its TikTok Shop feature into the US and Europe
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Jon Platt The Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Publishing on the songs that have soundtracked his existence so far
News 1 in 3 music listeners in the US discover new music through Twitch, according to new report Study from Twitch and analytics platform Luminate sheds light on how the platform is driving music discovery in the US
News Kylie Jeffrey and Claire Marshall join Australasian concert promoter Frontier Touring Kylie Jeffrey is named Ticketing Director, while Claire Marshall takes on the role of Partnerships Director
News Licensing platform Lickd strikes metaverse music deal with Decentraland’s Vegas City 24-month partnership will see Lickd provide commercial music to Vegas City partners and 'tenants'
News Music licensing platform Freshsound raises $1.33m, recruits ex-Sony and Warner exec Helen McLaughlin to lead catalog expansion McLaughlin is a former Managing Director of Warner Music Sweden, Head of A&R at Sony Music Sweden
News Deezer goes public: Spotify rival makes stock market debut on Euronext Paris Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira rings opening bell