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
News Ericka Coulter joins Warner Records as SVP of A&R Coulter was most recently VP of A&R at Epic Records
News Sony Music buys majority stake in Todd Moscowitz’s Alamo Records for nine-figure sum New York-based Alamo was founded in 2016 and has broken artists including Blackbear, Lil Durk and Rod Wave
News Damon Dash insists he’s entitled to sell share of Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt as NFT – despite being sued by Roc-A-Fella Records 'This lawsuit is meritless, misstates the facts and is an attempt to prevent me from selling something that I have the legal right to sell,' says Damon Dash
News BMG inks deal with gaming platform Roblox, including back-dated payments for previous music use 'We are delighted to embrace the opportunities Roblox presents.'
News Indian Music Industry launches country’s first International Top 20 Singles Chart based on streaming data Data will be aggregated from Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music
News Janelle Monáe signs global deal with Sony Music Publishing Grammy-nominated superstar inks deal alongside songwriters and producers Nate Wonder and Chuck Lightning
News Ernst Trapp promoted to President, Global E-Commerce and Retail at WEA Trapp will continue to oversee operations at EMP as CEO
News Alejandro Duque named as next President of Warner Music Latin America, succeeding Iñigo Zabala Duque joins Warner Music from Universal Music
News George Michael estate inks exclusive global deal with Sony Music UK’s merch company Kontraband Deal expands on the Estate’s existing partnership with Sony Music UK
News Songtradr raises $50m in series D funding round Company has raised over $100m to date, valuing the firm at over $300m
News Sarah Scott named Managing Partner at LaPolt Law Scott was previously SVP of Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Music Group Canada
News Sony Music Australia boss Denis Handlin exits after 50+ years with the company Departure announced via an internal email on Monday June 21
News Done deal: Pershing Square SPAC is buying 10% of Universal Music Group for $4bn Bill Ackman's company announces it's completed agreement with Vivendi to buy into major music company