News Brett Yormark named COO at Roc Nation In his new role, Yormark will provide leadership across Roc Nation verticals
News NFT Platform Blockparty strikes first major label partnership with Warner Music Group New York-headquartered platform strikes first major label partnership
News Believe muscles in on the majors, with landmark performance on French album chart in 2021 "This illustrates Believe's ability to become a leader in one of the world's largest markets with a model that combined organic growth with strategic partnerships."
News Exceleration Music makes raft of new hires Mike Gillespie, Bela Zecker, Andy Lewis, Emma Walker and David Piechota join the indie music company
News Sony buys full ownership of Ultra Records; Patrick Moxey exits, David Waxman takes over as President Sony acquired a stake in Ultra Records in 2013 as part of a strategic investment into the company
News Matthew Ogle named Vice President of Product at DistroKid Ogle is responsible for introducing Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist recommendation engine
News Warner Music Group names 15 new recipients of grants from its $100m social justice fund This third round of investments includes 15 organizations and totals $9.35m
Analysis Blog None louder: hello improved audio upsell, please meet consumer indifference Long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde explores the announcement, and delayed launch, of Spotify HiFi...
News UK-based live music booking platform GigRealm inks partnership with TuneCore GigRealm launched in the UK in September 2021
News Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale launch new pubco with Sony Music Publishing UK Second Songs will also operate a talent management arm
News S10 Publishing and Japanese music company Avex extend joint publishing partnership The partnership began when Avex expanded into the US in April last year
News Believe inks global licensing deal with TikTok rival Kuaishou Deal covers use of 60-second clips of music in user-generated content on the app
News Meet Sony Music’s new global merch arm: Ceremony of Roses The Thread Shop to remain as a brand under the Ceremony of Roses banner
News Massarsky Consulting, which valued music assets worth over $6.5 billion last year, has been acquired by Citrin Cooperman Barry Massarsky founded Massarsky Consulting in 1992 – now he and Nari Matsuura are joining Citrin Cooperman
News Ari Gelaw named Vice President, Creative at Sony Music Publishing Gelaw will be responsible for advancing songwriter development across Sony Music Publishing’s US roster
News Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake join $620m investment round in online security firm 1Password Series C round raises the company’s valuation to $6.8bn
Interviews With 11bn streams to date and annual revenues of $17m, Global Records is one of the CEE region’s biggest hits… Head of Label Diana Munteanu on opportunities in Russia, and expansion into Western Europe
News Lindsay Wagner joins UTA as Chief Diversity Officer Exec to drive the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives