News Luke Mitzman and Mike Caren sign up to co-manage Grammy-winning producer, Cirkut Recently Cirkut has been working closely with APG-signed Ava Max
Analysis News Spotify thinks the Top 40 is over (and other key takeaways from its Q2 results) What we learned about Premium subs around the world, that Universal deal and SPOT's advertising woes
News Japan looking to restrict use of Chinese apps, including TikTok Lawmakers looking at restricting apps over security concerns
News Indie artists can now distribute Dolby Atmos music to Amazon & TIDAL, via distro service AvidPlay AvidPlay is the first DIY distribution service to support Dolby Atmos Music
News Kobalt signs worldwide publishing deal with the McCoy Tyner Estate Deal includes administration and sync services for jazz pianist's entire catalog
News PlayStation 4 game Dreams used to create music video for Noah Cyrus Project is the third in the 'Sony Collaboration Series'
News TikTok CEO slams rival Facebook for ‘maligning attacks’, opens app’s code to examination Mayer addresses security concerns and competition in wide-ranging blog post
News Spotify subscriber count grew by 8m in Q2 – but advertising revenues fell 21% year-on-year Ad-supported revenues fall 21% year-on-year in COVID-hit quarter
News Marathon Music Group launches New Soil, a jazz division headed up by Federico Bolza Bolza is a former Sony Music VP of Strategy
News Germany’s Budde Music inks JV with UK publisher Karma Songs First signing to the JV is singer/songwriter Nick Bradley
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys music catalog from Grammy-winning songwriter & producer Rodney Jerkins He has worked with Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson and many others
News Watch out TikTok: US-based rival Triller is raising between $200m and $300m Company is starting to pinch leading TikTok influencers for its platform
News $15m copyright lawsuit against Juice WRLD dropped by pop-punk band Yellowcard Lawsuit was originally filed in October 2019
News BMG to make diversity of exec hires a key objective for company’s managers BMG's Hartwig Masuch has outlined action to be taken by the company to address racial inequality
Interviews ‘I turn my hurt into gas, into fuel, to keep going and working harder.’ Poo Bear talks about Justin Bieber, issues of race in music – and why he wants to see labels hire people who've made hits
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Jordan Walker to worldwide deal He has worked with country stars such as Luke Combs and Mitchell Tenpenny
News Big Deal Music Group signs producer & songwriter Robin Hannibal to global publishing deal He has worked with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, James Blake and Chance the Rapper
Analysis Blog Songwriters Deserve Freedom NMPA President David Israelite on a historic opportunity for modern US lawmakers to shift power away from Big Tech – and towards songwriters