News Hipgnosis buys Chrissie Hynde catalog, including hits by The Pretenders Company has acquired 100% of Chrissie Hynde's music publishing catalog of 164 songs
News Over a million people are watching UFC on US TV. Now, it’s got its own music streaming app. "We feel UFC Ultimate Sound is the first step in a new direction for both the music industry and professional sports."
News EMPIRE vows to ‘revolutionize’ music publishing via new division led by Al ‘Butter’ McLean and Vinny Kumar "Our development team has worked tirelessly to build a proprietary system to bring transparency and accountability to the publishing industry," says Ghazi Shami
News Music streaming revenues on course to grow by over $1bn in the US in 2020, despite everything Total streaming revenues were up by $512.3m in first six months of 2020 versus H1 2019.
News Maria Ho-Burge named Global Communications Director at TuneCore Exec spent 11 years as VP, Global Corporate Communications at Universal Music Group
News Universal inks multifaceted global strategic partnership with Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee Deal includes release of new music and film projects
News UK-based Cre8ing Vision launches The Ultimate Music Circle mentoring & employment initiative to help young people break into the music business Mentors include the likes of David Dollimore, Eve Fairley-Chickwe and Joe Kentish
News Songtradr invests $1m in music credit resource Jaxsta, inks exclusive partnership 'This partnership highlights the significant opportunities that exist in solving the data-centric challenges faced by the music industry.'
News Hipgnosis becomes a fully-fledged publisher, buying Big Deal Music to form Hipgnosis Songs Group Buyout includes admin platform Words and Music, which will be used to leverage better rates on streaming platforms
News Triller names top female execs for new Music Advisory Board as platform tops 27m daily users Advisory board will meet quarterly to discuss challenges that the company faces
News Sony Music reaches $12.7m settlement in artist royalties suit brought by Rick Nelson estate SME agrees to increase future royalties calculated on foreign streaming revenues by 36% for all class members
News YouTube Music partners with NIVA to support independent venues across the US YouTube & NIVA to work on 'unique programming that will help bring live performances back into music venues safely'
Interviews ‘Major labels have best-in-class structures – but they also have a mass of repertoire.’ How Motion Agency helps major and indie labels to get media attention for artists in multiple international territories
News Spirit Music Group acquires master recordings of Tim McGraw originally released by Big Machine Deal includes masters for three of McGraw’s albums
News Vevo strikes distribution deal with Australian telco Telstra Deal follows platform's expansion into Australia and New Zealand earlier this year
News Round Hill Music signs Craig David to global publishing deal He has released 23 UK Top 40 singles and nine UK Top 40 albums
Interviews ‘With music, you can’t be afraid to take risks.’ They’re two of the most successful British music execs in history – and they don’t do interviews...
News Streaming pushed Spain’s record industry revenues up 4% to $158m in H1 2020… despite pandemic 'The fact that the industry has proven to be resilient to the Covid crisis in the first half of 2020 is very rewarding.'