News Amazon Music launches podcasts in the US, UK, Germany & Japan with shows from Will Smith, DJ Khaled & others Podcasts are now available on all tiers of Amazon Music
Interviews ‘There needs to be more unity between labels and artists.’ Engineer and studio owner Ann Mincieli — a close collaborator of Alicia Keys – discusses lessons learned across her career and why she'd like to see more collaboration in the industry
News Rap battle league King of the Dot inks global partnership with Twitch King of the Dot will offer free access to all of its battles for subscribers
News Warner Music Group acquires hip-hop media platform HipHopDX Exclusive: Major music company swoops for music magazine site two years after buying UPROXX
News Jiosaavn is paying indie artists advances via new distribution option, AO Labs Artists will be chosen by direct referral or an online demo submission email
News India’s Divo Music partners with Sony/ATV to administer its publishing rights for overseas markets Sony/ATV will provide publishing and administration services to Divo Music’s songwriters, composers and lyricists
News TuneCore expands into Russia and Brazil Ivan Ivanov appointed Head of TuneCore Russia and Bruno Duque to head up TuneCore Brazil
News Spotify launches virtual concert listings feature in partnership with Warner’s Songkick Spotify will also be sending out personalized virtual event recommendation emails
News Shakeup at SiriusXM: CFO out as CEO Jim Meyer set to retire at end of 2020 Jennifer C. Witz named as the company's new CEO
News Reservoir signs EDM producer Illenium to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to his entire catalog of works
News Truce appointed Senior Manager at YMU Group Exec launched the Bone Soda record label, which has worked with artists such as slowthai, Octavian, Bakar, Ama Lou, Sheck Wes and others
News Warner Music Group launches ADA Asia in Singapore, led by Chee Meng Tan Exec previously led Spotify’s operations in Asia for almost seven years
News Island Records and Warner Chappell sign poutyface, discovered via music app Voisey Over 11 millions songs have been recorded on Voisey so far
News Jake Wisely joins Concord Board of Directors, Jim Selby to become Chief Publishing Executive Wisely co-founded Concord in its modern-day guise
News Facebook secures major label and publisher rights for its Twitch-rivalling Gaming platform "Your stream should be about gaming, not music... Playing DJ without gaming is a no-no."
News ByteDance rejects Microsoft’s TikTok acquisition bid, opts to partner with Oracle 'We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users.'
News New Spotify patent sheds more light on potential karaoke mode – including auto-tuned vocals "Users sometimes desire to sing along with the media being played," says patent which was granted earlier this month
News Mr. Probz wins breach of contract suit against Sony Music Netherlands Court rules that Sony failed to fulfil contractual obligations regarding license agreements entered into in 2013 and 2014