Interviews News How Splice, which paid out $11m in royalties to musicians in the first 9 months of 2020, wants to help a ‘million more people to make music’ Chief Music Officer Maria Egan discusses Splice and the DIY musician sector
Analysis Spotify is testing price rises and paying labels billions – but, in alarming news for investors, it appears to have a subscriber problem in emerging markets (update) MBW digs into the numbers behind Spotify's newly-announced Q3 results – and discovers a surprising failure in the company's mission to grow everywhere
News Livestream firm LiveXLive to acquire merch company Custom Personalization Solutions 'We intend to fulfill superfans dreams with personalized merchandise,' states Robert Ellin, CEO and Chairman of LiveXLive
News TikTok sues rival Triller over patent infringement 'This is a David and Goliath story,' says Triller CEO Mike Lu
News Spotify subs grew by 6m in Q3, but Daniel Ek’s company has posted a net loss of over $500m so far this year ARPU down (again) but firm's total revenues jump above $2bn in the quarter
News John Pires promoted to EVP, Global Business Development at Sony/ATV Pires will oversee emerging and current business development across various departments
News Universal’s Bravado strikes merchandise partnership with Alibaba’s TMall Global Taylor Swift is the store’s first featured artist
News Publishers and songwriters to lose out on up to $3.5bn in 2020 due to the pandemic, says CISAC CISAC report paints painful picture for global music publishing landscape due to the pandemic
News Spirit Music Group sells B-Unique catalog to rival Concord for ‘strategic, one-time tax reason’ Deal does not include songs signed after Spirit B-Unique JV was formed in 2015
News Mary Bekhait promoted to Group CEO of YMU, Neil Rodford steps down to become Chairman of newly-founded YMU Ventures Rodford to step down on December 31, 2020 after 20 years with the Group
News Ticketing and livestream platform DICE launches in India DICE is now live in the UK, US, France, Italy, Spain, India and Australia
News Tencent confirms buying minority stake in AI-driven A&R platform Instrumental Deal also sees Instrumental enter into exclusive distribution partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment Group in China
News Tracy Maddux named Chief Commercial Officer at Downtown, alongside new hires and organizational changes Joel Andrew has been appointed President of CD Baby
News Nicole Wyskoarko promoted to Co-Head of A&R at Interscope Geffen A&M Exec joined the label in 2018
Interviews ‘Songwriters need to fight to get the payment we deserve. We need to get the right credit.’ Latin Grammy winner Claudia Brant on her career, modern songwriting, and the prospects for young writers today
Analysis News Sony ups its annual Music revenue forecast by over $500m… during a pandemic Firm's recorded music streaming revenues grew by over $120m in the three months to end of September
News Music-related user generated content could be worth $6bn over the next two years (report) New report examines 'the rising power of UGC'
News Sentric Music Group and Beatport ink direct licensing deal Beatport artist, producer and label partners will have access to Sentric’s rights management solutions and creative services