News Warner Music South Africa acquires local independent label Coleske Coleske is the largest independent label focusing on Afrikaans repertoire
News Lyrics firm Genius acquired for $80m by MediaLab Genius is a lyrics database, editorial publisher, and digital media company founded in August 2009.
Analysis Blog Gaming’s freemium model is making billions. For the music industry, it offers valuable lessons. What the music industry can learn from the video games sector about the long-term power and potential of free content
Analysis News David Bowie’s entire catalog is coming to Warner Music from 2023 Bowie estate strikes deal to license entirety of icon's recordings to Warner across the globe
News Dance music NFT platform RCRDSHP closes multi-million dollar seed round, backed by the buyers of $69m Beeple digital art piece RCRDSHP collectibles are built on the Flow blockchain
News JioSaavn and Merlin ink expanded global music licensing partnership Deal marks the first renewal between the two parties since regional music streaming service Saavn merged with India’s JioMusic
News Richard Antwi Scholarship partners with Universal Music UK to award Idris Green-Holder the second award of 2021 Idris Green-Holder becomes the fourth RAS recipient
News Superstar Helene Fischer extends long term partnership with Universal Music Germany Fischer has topped Germany’s annual sales charts more than any other artist in German chart history
News Fintech firm Centtrip expands into the United States Firm has opened an office in Miami Beach, Florida
News Believe revenues jump 30% in H1 2021 to over $300 million Believe's founder says growth "reflects our unparalleled appeal to a new generation of independent digital artists looking for go-to-market solutions and a wide range of expertise"
Interviews ‘TikTok is running everything.’ Frank Harris on how Jason Derulo reinvented himself on TikTok - and the keys to building a billion dollar brand
News Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub to join IBM startup Incubator Program Timbaland’s beat music marketplace will launch later this year
News Downtown Music Services signs five LoFi labels to roster The five labels' releases generate over 500 million streams each year
News Brazil’s SOCINPRO partners with Unison for Pan-European collection Deal marks the second agreement Unison has signed in the Brazilian territory this year
News LiveXLive rebrands as LiveOne, plans to spin out pay-per-view business as separate public company NASDAQ-traded company expects to change its stock symbol to LVO in the coming weeks.
News Round Hill Music Royalty Fund buys catalog from British producer and songwriter Tim Palmer Catalog includes 30 songs covering tracks from Pearl Jam and Ozzy Osbourne albums
News Maik Pallasch joins The Orchard as Managing Director of GSA, Eastern Europe and Russia Pallasch was previously Head Of Music GSA at Spotify
News SNEP snipes at Believe. Believe bites back. SNEP refuses to publish half-year data in France, blaming Believe for not contributing its figures