News Tencent ups investment in Spotify rival Gaana, as music streaming service raises $40m in new debt financing News follows previous raise from Tencent in September 2020
News Dan Goldberg, SVP of Warner Music Artist Services, to exit WMG after 12 years Goldberg has served as SVP of WMAS since March 2014
News NLE Choppa sued by Atlanta rapper Kilo Ali for alleged copyright infringement Warner Music Group, Alien Records and several others are also named in the suit
News Reservoir acquires catalog of legendary rock producer Tom Werman Deal for 100% of Werman’s producer rights includes the hit Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison
Interviews ‘The world is growing ever closer – and so are Universal’s global teams.’ Frank Briegmann is the latest interviewee in MBW's World Leaders series
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News Manuel Martos appointed General Manager of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services in Spain Manuel Martos has served as Universal Music Spain’s Artistic Director since 2017
News UK live music industry sues British government 'Without immediate government intervention, the festival industry is on the brink of collapse.'
News Simon Johnson named Managing Director of Strategy, Growth and eCommerce at Universal Music UK He joins Universal Music UK from Amazon after six years
News Sony Music Publishing signs global deal with Relative Music Group Company was founded in 2017 by father/son duo Dennis and Jesse Matkosky
News Universal inks global deal with Snap Inc. spanning recorded music and augmented reality experiences UMG is developing augmented reality music Lens content featuring the company’s artists
News Interscope Records launches Khalabo Music JV label with Kenya Barris Partnership marks Barris' film and TV company Khalabo Ink Society’s expansion into music
News Sumit Bothra named Managing Director of ATC Management, Europe He represents artists including PJ Harvey, Katie Melua, Fink, Nathan Nicholson, and Tom King
News 340 TuneCore artists have been upstreamed to Believe labels as part of ‘Signed by’ program Artists identified as 'rising stars' are eligible to be upstreamed
News Fortnite’s latest music move is a virtual event with rising British band easy life and London Venue the O2 easy life to become first UK act to perform in Fortnite Creative
News Primary Wave acquires majority stake in music publishing catalog of AWOLNATION’s Aaron Bruno Deal includes the hit Sail, which has over 600 million plays on Spotify alone
News As Vivendi shareholders back UMG spin-out, Sir Lucian Grainge says: ‘We’ve only just begun.’ Grainge was on bullish yet philosophical form in new video for Pershing Square investors
News Ritch Sibthorpe named MD for Northern Europe and Australasia at hi-res music streaming service Qobuz News comes nine months after the company raised $11m to fund its global expansion