News Nas’ Mass Appeal India signs superstar Indian rapper IKKA Label was launched in August 2019 in partnership with Universal Music India
News Is Spotify in for a rough ride from UK politicians? New inquiry from British government to examine business models operated by streaming firms
News Warner Music Baltics opens office in Tallinn, Estonia First local signing is Estonian artist NOËP
News Sony Music partners with music & tech entrepreneur Rob Ronaldson on new Robots + Humans imprint Ronaldson to launch Robots + Humans through Sony Music UK & Publishing Partnership with Sony/ATV
News Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams generated over 36m global streams in the last two weeks following viral TikTok video, confirms Warner Music Group Classic track exploded after a video from TikTok star Nathan Apodaca went viral
News TuneCore has paid indie artists over $2bn to date – and is now paying them over $400m per year Fresh statistics shine a light on the growth of one of DIY distribution's biggest names
News Tiffany R. Warren appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity And Inclusion Officer at Sony Music Group She will work with all of Sony Music Group’s global recorded music, publishing and corporate divisions
News Apple launches $99 HomePod mini smartspeaker “HomePod mini has everything customers want in a smart speaker," claims Apple.
News African music streaming company MePlaylist inks distribution deals with FUGA & Symphonic Deals add some 7m songs to platform's catalog
News New Spotify format allows podcasters to place songs between talk segments in shows Premium listeners will hear full tracks as part of these shows and Free tier users will hear 30-second music previews
News Mojo Music & Media joins licensing agency IMPEL Mojo catalog includes works by Kiss, REO Speedwagon and Cheap Trick
Interviews FuturePulse just launched a music forecasting platform – but needs the industry’s help How EU-backed public research project FuturePulse is aiming to build the music industry forecasting tech of tomorrow
News Marketing agency Motive Unknown launches sister company Positive Subversion, with Run The Jewels & Innovative Leisure as first clients Company is a project and label management consultancy for artists, managers and record labels
News TikTok inks multi-year licensing deal with Dutch collecting Society Buma/Stemra Buma/Stemra’s members include Dutch EDM stars like Tiësto and Martin Garrix
News L.A Reid sells his catalog to Hipgnosis, joins Advisory Board of Merck Mercuriadis’ related company Reid's catalog, comprising 162 songs, is now property of Hipgnosis
News Warner’s ADA Asia inks deal with Indonesia-based DPM, one of the country’s largest music companies DPM is home to a collective of 21 independent record labels
Interviews Guy Moot on A&R, Warner Chappell… and ‘signing real quality’ Guy Moot has been global CEO of Warner Chappell for 18 months. Fresh from hiring a new head of the UK, Moot tells his story, then and now…
News Triller in merger talks to go public in the US (report) News comes as rival TikTok faces pressure from the US Government