News Electric Feel Entertainment inks publishing JV with Grammy-nominated producer Louis Bell Electric Bell's first signing is Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Linden Jay
News Jen Savitzky named Vice President of Finance, North America, at Warner Chappell Music Savitzky will serve as a partner and advisor to the music publisher’s North American team
News Universal launches Blue Note Records Africa to sign jazz artists from across the African continent Imprint will launch this Spring with the release of South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s new album
News After previously being exclusively available on Deezer in MENA, Warner-backed Rotana Music signs strategic partnership with Anghami Warner Music Group bought a minority stake in Rotana Music in February last year
News The Weeknd-backed personalized song creation firm, Songfinch closes $5m seed round Songfinch reports to have paid out more than $5m to independent artists to date
News Ed Sheeran wins copyright lawsuit in the UK 'Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released everyday on Spotify,' says Sheeran
News FUGA expands in Germany with new Berlin office Curt Keplin has been promoted to Head of Business Development GSA
News Sonya McKinley named Director, Production & Metadata at Round Hill Records McKinley will oversee all aspects of product operations and metadata management within Round Hill’s portfolio of labels
News Marc Geiger’s SaveLive has raised $135m from investors including Shamrock Capital Investors include Breyer Capital, Deep Field Asset Management, Raptor Group, and Shamrock Capital
News Sony Music’s Global Podcast Division partners with broadcasters Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo Sony Music makes another move in the podcast space
News Rob Wells-led music tech startup ORFIUM acquires Japan-based content company Breaker INC Breaker's board of directors includes Shigeo Maruyama, ex-CEO of Sony Music Japan
News As vinyl sales soar, European pressing plant Record Industry and Bertus Distribution join forces The combined entity says that its pressing capacity will be "practically doubled" to around 25 million units per year
News Concord turned down a buyout offer of $5 billion, suggest Bloomberg sources Concord is majority owned by Michigan Retirement Systems
Interviews ‘We’ve never sat there and slagged off a competitor. If you get to that stage, you’ve lost it already.’ Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale made their name as A&R extraordinaires working with artists like Coldplay and Little Simz at Universal Music Publishing. Now the married couple are launching their own venture, Second Songs.
News Capitol Records UK launches dance label, Lift Me Up Records Label launched in partnership with Belfast DJ and A&R Connor Coates
News Nuno Guerreiro promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Kobalt The company’s previous CTO, Rian Liebenberg, is stepping down