News Reservoir signs Grammy-nominated Marcus ‘Marclo’ Lomax to worldwide publishing deal Lomax has co-written and co-produced records for Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa and Justin Bieber
News Soundcloud partners with Triller on playlist integration Tracks are also available for Triller creators to use in their video content
News Sophia Bacuros and Deryck Vanderbilt-Nicholson join Troy Carter’s Venice Execs join from HITCO Entertainment and Island Records/4th & B'way, respectively
News BTS label Big Hit (HYBE) generated $161m in revenues in Q1, up 29% year-on-year Company posted a net profit of approximately $14.2m
Analysis News After Spotify’s (slight) price hike, Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper expects music streaming prices will begin ‘closing the gap’ on video services Cooper responds to Spotify's confirmation that it will be raising some prices in key markets, including the US
News Britnee Foreman joins Exceleration Music as Head of Data Strategy and Digital Operations “Exceleration exists to add value to the incredible artists and labels we work with."
News Michael LoBiondo named Head of Business Development at Warner Chappell Music LoBiondo previously worked at music and artist development company mtheory
News European commercial broadcaster Bauer Media Audio launches subscription radio service in the UK Broadcaster says that it currently reaches over 20 million listeners a week in the UK
News Warner Chappell Music extends publishing deal with The Weeknd songwriter Belly Warner Chappell has acquired 50% of Belly’s songwriting catalog as part of the deal.
News Primary Wave buys Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers catalog, including master royalty income stream across Rihanna’s first seven albums 'Multi million dollar deal' includes hits from N’Sync, Kelly Clarkson, Donny Osmond, Nick Jonas and others
News Linda Bloss-Baum named Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs at SoundExchange Exec was previously Senior Director of Artist and Industry Relations at SoundExchange
News Universal Music Group partners with Simon Cowell’s Syco to offer X Factor Israel winner a record deal News comes nine months after Cowell bought out Sony Music from Syco Entertainment
News Deezer makes strategic investment in livestreaming company DREAMSTAGE US-based start-up plans to offer live gig subscriptions in the future
News Hipgnosis acquires 105 songs from Grammy-winner Andrew Watt in eight-figure deal MBW estimates that the deal cost Hipgnosis somewhere between $45m and $75m
News Warner Music streaming revenues leap up 20% YoY in calendar Q1 New results show strong growth on same period of 2020
Analysis Is a reckoning coming to the way collection societies spend songwriters’ money? Stat Of The Week: Why new data from PRS For Music and GEMA may raise alarm on Wall Street
News Solomon Sounds appointed Senior Vice President of A&R for Capitol Records Sounds discovered and managed multi-platinum star XXXTentacion among other artists, singers, songwriters and producers
News Music-making app Rapchat raises $2.3m led by Sony Music Entertainment and VC firm Adjacent Platform has 7 million registered users