News Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group buys bundle of rights from Nat King Cole estate Deal encompasses a broad range of rights from Cole’s career
News Now SoundExchange pulls out of Russia SoundExchange has terminated its agreement with the Russian Organization for Intellectual Property (VOIS)
News Stephen White joins EMPIRE as Chief Product Officer White will oversee all data and technology at the company
Analysis News Kobalt and Downtown cut ties with Russia; Believe continues to operate in market but is ‘monitoring the situation very closely’ Will CISAC suspend Russian PRO from its global membership?
News Sarah Jones promoted to General Manager at Warner’s Songkick Songkick was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2017
News Alison Moore and Kelli Turner join Board of Directors at Downtown Music Holdings Alison Moore is CEO of Comic Relief USA, while Kelli Turner is CFO of Sun Capital Partners
News Jon Trumbull promoted to Head of Global Writer & Publisher Relations at Kobalt Trumbull will lead the global Writer & Publisher Relations team
News Media company A+E Networks acquires minority stake in Range Media Partners Deal includes a 'strategic minority investment' by A+E into Range Media Partners
News TuneCore strikes partnership with ByteDance-owned video platform Douyin Douyin is a sister app of TikTok for the Chinese market
Analysis Blog Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it. Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance's keenness to buy music rights in 2022
Interviews Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free. Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.
Analysis News Spotify is no longer earning any money from Russia, as it de-monetizes ads and subscriptions in market (update) Spotify Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel reveals news on the platform's position in Russia
News Warner Music Group suspends operations in Russia All three major record companies have now suspended their operations in Russia
News Sony Music Group suspends operations in Russia 'Sony Music Group calls for peace in Ukraine and an end to the violence.'
News Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall inks worldwide solo record deal with RCA; Full Stop in for global management New album is planned from Thirlwall, a founding member of Little Mix
News Electronic music NFT Platform RCRDSHP says it’s paid out $600,000 to artists in 6 months 382,000 collectibles created by RCRDSHP also sold at accessible price points, claims RCRDSHP
News Iceland’s neighbouring rights collective SFH signs five-year deal with music licensing company PPL Deal will see PPL support SFH with the distribution of royalties to performers and recording rightsholders based outside of Iceland
News Brandon Becker promoted to Global Head of Streaming at Beggars Group Becker's promotion is part of a wider raft of new hires and promotions at the company