News Judge upholds major labels’ billion dollar copyright victory against Cox Communications "The court finds that the jury’s determination of the number of works infringed stands," wrote Judge Liam O’Grady
News Primary Wave buys 50% stake in publishing catalog of Grammy-nominated songwriter KT Tunstall Partnership includes hit songs Other Side of the World, Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, and the Ivor Novello-winning, Suddenly I See
News Lloyd Hummel upped to EVP, Global Commercial Strategy at Ingrooves Music Group Hummel was previously SVP
News Jim Mahoney promoted to SVP, Member & Partner Success at Merlin He steps up from his previous position as VP, Global Operations
News Ella Fitzgerald Estate signs with Downtown Neighbouring Rights Deal covers global performance royalty collections outside of the US
News Natalia Nastaskin joins Primary Wave as Partner and Chief Content Officer Nastaskin has been General Manager of United Talent Agency since 2015
News Sony/ATV signs British jazz artist Jamie Cullum to worldwide publishing deal His signing is a return to the company after signing his first-ever publishing deal with EMI 18 years ago
News Round Hill buys catalog of Billy Duffy, songwriter and guitarist with UK rock band, The Cult Band's hits in the 1980s included Spirit Walker and She Sells Sanctuary
News Universal partners with FIFA to launch Liam Payne podcast, kicking off new ‘FIFA Sound’ entertainment strategy Podcast is the first of many new initiatives as part of FIFA's strategic collaboration with Universal Music Group for Brands
News Hipgnosis buys 100% of Shakira’s publishing catalog, spanning 145 songs "I know Hipgnosis will be a great home for my catalog," says Colombia-born global star
News Sony takes wraps off secret Unreal Engine project, unveils new subsidiary: Sony Immersive Music Studios First project from new Los Angeles-based division is a virtual performance from Epic Records-signed singer songwriter Madison Beer
News Nic Warner named Partner at Milk & Honey Management Warner joined Milk & Honey at its inception in 2014
Analysis Blog Why I Just Moved To The Middle East For years, Spek has been a fixture of the UK and US music publishing industries – and their relationship with the MENA region. Here, he explains why he recently upped sticks from New York to live in (and work from) the UAE...
News Universal’s Mercury Studios to make new first ever feature-length documentary about Abbey Road Studios, If These Walls Could Sing Documentary to be produced by multi award-winner John Battsek, as Mercury inks new development deal with Battsek’s Ventureland
Analysis Blog For record labels, 2021 should be the year of empathetic A&R "Being empathetic will help us to know our artists better, understand them well, and as a result, achieve bigger goals together."
Analysis News Spotify, worth $67bn, has seen its share price TRIPLE in 10 months. Should Daniel Ek pay artists a ‘bonus’ to say thank you? Spotify is still loss-making, but its market cap is so massive... should it pay a 'phantom dividend' to popular artists in need?
News Pro Music Rights prepares for direct public listing in the US PMR will be offering 910 million shares of Class A Common Stock for a total offering amount of $9.1m
News KKR buys majority stake in Ryan Tedder catalog, marking investment giant’s return to music rights ownership KKR says the Tedder catalog spans nearly 500 songs, covering both "music publishing and recorded music rights"