News Damian Christian upped to Managing Director and President of Promotions for Atlantic Records UK ""He’s infamous for his candour, expertise, and love for his job, earning the respect, admiration, and affection of artists and colleagues alike."
News Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘Putting music’s power to work for good may have been more important this year than it’s ever been.’ "There’s no question that 2020 was a year of struggle and tragedies, but it was also a year of courage and heroes."
News Faryal Khan-Thompson appointed Vice President, International at TuneCore Exec joins TuneCore from creative production agency Tag
News Spotify to launch in South Korea in first half of 2021 South Korea will become Spotify’s 93rd active market
News Tencent-led consortium to buy another 10% of Universal Music Group, taking total stake to 20% Tencent group acquired first 10% in UMG in Q1 this year
News Ticketing platform Lyte raises $33m in Series B funding round from investors including Quincy Jones Latest round brings Lyte's fundraising total to $48m
News French rapper Soso Maness signs to Warner Chappell Soso Maness is the stage name of Sofiane Haki Manessou
News Sony/ATV signs Tate McRae to worldwide deal She has nearly 1 billion combined on demand streams to date
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