News Spotify Rival Anghami strikes partnership with mobile game PUBG The app has been downloaded over 1 billion times outside of China
News Music creation marketplace Splice names strategic advisors for its new Global Music Council Splice says that Council members will help identify opportunities to support under-represented music-makers
News Round Hill’s UK Fund has spent $342m on acquisitions – and is buying catalogs at a multiple of 16.2x Round Hill’s publicly-traded UK fund has published its first set of interim financial results, for the period ended June 30, 2021
News Roblox games developer Supersocial raises $5.2m from investors including Warner Music Group ‘to build iconic metaverse experiences’ Round was led by Initial Capital
News Music startup Tully, founded by Joyner Lucas and manager Dhruv Joshi, partners with Symphonic Distribution Tully’s services range from workflow management, to asset management, as well as templated contracts
News Pex launches new copyright dispute resolution service in partnership with WIPO Center New service is available within Pex's Attribution Engine
News Live music booking platform GigRealm launches in the UK, partners with CD Baby, Ivors Academy and others Platform gives artists direct access to venues, independent promoters and one-off event organizers
News Sony Music launches ‘Artist Assistance’ program to promote Wellness for its signed talent Susan Moultrie also appointed Senior Vice President of Artist Initiatives and Business Administration
News Matt Pincus-backed HIFI buys AI-powered artist funding startup The Music Fund Company counts Warner Music Group as an investor
News Lena Franklin appointed Vice President, Marketing at Def Jam Recordings Franklin previously contributed to campaigns for Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar
News Quincy Jones-backed emotional AI startup Musimap acquired by Utopia Music The firm’s APIs use proprietary AI to generate emotional metadata for clients
News Joe Belliotti named CEO of MassiveMusic North America Belliotti is a former Head of Global Music at The Coca-Cola Company
Interviews TikTok is evolving into a very different kind of music streaming giant. Ole Obermann, TikTok's Global Head of Music, discusses opportunities for artists... and a major new launch for indie acts
News Universal’s new partnership with $34m-backed MedRhythms will see its music used to treat neurologic injury MedRhythms and UMG are the first companies to develop an FDA-approved, prescription music platform
News Warner Music India inks exclusive strategic partnership with entertainment firm JetSynthesys JetSynthesys’ Global Music Junction has 2.26m YouTube subscribers
News UK-based Voly launches new financial management software and payment platform for the music industry Neil Rodford, te Founder and former CEO of YMU, has been appointed to the Voly board
News CTM Outlander buys New York-based publishing company one77 Music Catalog consists of more than 2,000 songs recorded by artists including: Demi Lovato, Madonna, Martina McBride, Leona Lewis, John Legend, Carrie Underwood and Josh Groban
News Mike Caren’s APG expands into rock/alternative with signing of WZRD BLD WZRD BLD has had five No.1 songs at mainstream rock radio