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
News Reservoir signs Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ben Harper to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to Harper’s entire catalog
News SoundCloud rolls out Snapchat integration, with Facebook Stories coming soon SoundCloud users can share any track, playlist, album or artist profile
News Tencent buys stake in AI-driven A&R scouting specialist Instrumental Chinese giant acquires minority stake in UK-based firm used by all three major music companies
News Kendrick Lamar signs exclusive, global admin deal with Universal Music Publishing Group 13-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, songwriter and producer signs deal with UMPG
News Amuse expands AI-driven royalty advances of up to $300,000 to independent artists’ collaborators 'Hundreds of artists' have used Fast Forward royalty advance service since it launched last year, states Amuse
News Kanye West: I will buy Universal Music Group for $33bn Could West really raise $33bn after a few quick calls through his phone's starry contact list?