News Adam Shore joins livestream firm Driift at US General Manager Shore joins from Red Bull and the Red Bull Music Academy
Interviews Artificial intelligence A&R tools keep finding new hit artists. This one actually ‘listens’ to music. Musiio believes it's invented tech that's never been seen before in the music industry. The company's CEO, Hazel Savage, explains what it can do.
News Tuned Global inks new deals in Asia – including a renewal with Japan’s biggest domestic streaming service, Line Music B2B music and tech provider also signs two new deals in Thailand, and another in Mongolia
Interviews ‘The youth in Africa are ready to jump the digital divide, they just need to have access and the right price point.’ Sheer Music Publishing founder David Alexander on the industry landscape in South Africa, and across the African continent
News Round Hill’s public fund raises another $46.1m, enabling it to acquire earmarked investments Together with debt, Round Hill's new fund can now buy the tranche of copyrights in its Fund 1
News Universal Music Group acquired Young Money catalog for over $100m in June (says Lil Wayne’s ex-manager, who’s suing him for $20m) Lawsuit claims that Ronald Sweeney missed out on promised 10% cut of Young Money sale price
News You can now get a Spotify subscription for $0.34 a week in India Spotify launches Premium Mini in India
News TikTok says over 70 artists that broke on the platform this year have signed major label deals TikTok reveals stats from 2020 in its first ever US Music report
News Warner Chappell Music signs worldwide publishing deal with Swedish DJ and producer Alesso Alesso has worked with the likes of Calvin Harris, Florida Georgia Line, Marshmello and Ryan Tedder
News Antony Bebawi promoted to President, Global Digital at Sony/ATV Bebawi is responsible for overseeing Sony/ATV’s worldwide digital licensing strategies
News Beatport buys Loopmasters, acquiring Plugin Boutique and Loopcloud More big news in the music-creator space as Beatport swoops for UK-based sound pack and plug-in provider
News Ingrooves expands into Mexico, appoints Ariana Arciniega as Country Manager for the market Arciniega joins Ingrooves from Believe
News Kobalt signs Australian band RÜFÜS DU SOL to neighbouring rights deal Grop was recently nominated for ARIA 2020’s Best Australian Live Act
News Reddit buys short-form video social platform and TikTok rival Dubsmash Dubsmash’s entire team will be joining Reddit
News Royalty-free music company and Epidemic Sound rival Artlist acquires digital assets marketplace Motion Array for $65m Deal comes six months after global investment giant KKR led a $48m investment in Artlist
News FUGA partners with Japanese firm Space Shower Networks to form digital music distribution JV New venture, SPACE SHOWER FUGA, will launch in Spring 2021
News UJA RWQuarantunes celebration to honor Doug Davis, Richard and Demi Weitz Event to take place on December 16 at 7pm EST
Analysis Blog ‘If the virus is not brought under control in the US within a reasonable timeframe it could be catastrophic for the live music sector.’ Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier on the crucial global interdependence needed for a bounce back from COVID