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
News Charlotte Edgeworth named Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Impact at Sony Music Entertainment UK Exec has more than 20 years' experience working across a number of industries and for global FTSE-listed organisations
News ByteDance CFO Shou Zi Chew named as TikTok’s new CEO Vanessa Pappas to take on the role of TikTok COO
News John Cornwell and Matt Woolliscroft join SJM Concerts Board of Directors SJM has worked with artists including Take That, Spice Girls, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Adele and others
Interviews ‘I would like to see PRS become a true reflection of its diverse membership’ Danny D on why he is the right candidate to join PRS For Music's Members' Council
Interviews ‘There’s a lack of respect for songwriters but without us, music would not be where it’s at.’ Grammy-winning songwriter Nija Charles discusses her approach to songwriting, confidence, failure and her biggest lessons learned to date
News Tencent-backed Instrumental launches virtual music venue in Avakin Life – with over 500k attendances in opening weekend "Our partnership with Instrumental shows that the future for live music is no longer limited by physical spaces and reality."
News $1bn-backed Tempo Music gets buying again – as its new CEO says it has a ‘best-in-class portfolio’ After parting ways with former CEO earlier this year, Tempo makes announcement of its acquisitions
News Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis just spent over $100m on a rock catalog, say MBW sources Who is the artist at the center of Merck Mercuriadis's latest nine-figure deal?
News Warner Music Group buys stake in virtual concerts platform Wave Warner says partnership will enable it to unleash "more powerful artist activations"
News Jay-Z reportedly finalizes TIDAL sale to Jack Dorsey for $302m (UPDATE)… as platform boasts of paying ‘4X more per stream’ than rivals Final sales price, as reported by TMZ, is over $50 million more than expected
News YouTube is now generating $2bn a month from ads – and grew faster than Netflix in Q1 Latest Alphabet results show 49% year-on-year growth in Q1 ads
News British songwriter Maya Delilah signs co-publishing deal with Amadeus Publishing and Bucks Music Group She has 4.8 million likes on TikTok