News UK government announces $2bn funding package for the arts – including music venues “This money will help safeguard the sector for future generations, ensuring arts groups and venues across the UK can stay afloat and support their staff whilst their doors remain closed and curtains remain down.”
News Hipgnosis revenues topped $80m in FY2020 – now it’s raising another $250m More money for Merck coming as firm beats management expectations for annual revenues
News Sony PlayStation joins hundreds of companies in Facebook advertising boycott until end of July Music companies Anjunabeats, Cooking Vinyl and Epitaph are also participating
News Live broadcasting platform Caffeine raises $113m in Series D funding round Platform claims to have added 2m new registered users over the last year
News Facebook expands availability of fan subscription and tipping tools Fan subscriptions and Stars are available in additional markets
News Apple Music launches new artist discovery program Africa Rising Omah Lay is the inaugural artist and cover star of the companion playlist
News Nigeria’s Mavin Records partners with music licensing startup SyncFloor Deal aims to bring label’s catalog to more potential sync buyers
News Scott Packman named Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Exec had a 14-year career at MGM Holdings/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
News Tencent Music Entertainment inks strategic partnership with Japanese animation studio, CoMix Wave Films Partnership will see original soundtracks from 17 animated movies go live on TME's music platforms
News Deezer is now a $1.4bn company – with a big opportunity in Mexico Grupo Salinas acquires minority stake in Deezer, providing a large-scale media and retail platform in return
News Spotify and Harry Fox Agency accused of ‘joint conspiracy’ to infringe copyrights in Eminem publisher lawsuit Eight Mile Style, an independent publisher of Eminem songs has filed a new lawsuit
News Universal Music Germany signs Italian actor and singer Michele Morrone His songs featured in the film 365 Days have garnered almost 100m combined streams
News Here’s what Spotify, Live Nation, Sony, Warner and other music companies are paying women compared to men in the UK Sony, Warner, Spotify and Live Nation's numbers have been revealed
News Gabriella Ianni Promoted to Vice President, Commercial Strategy at Ingrooves Ianni most recently served as Account Director
Interviews News Matt Pincus-backed HIFI launches to help artists ‘actually see what they’re earning – and what they’re worth’ Founder and CEO, Damian Manning, talks MBW through HIFI's new product offerings
News Sony launches Epic Records France, headed up by Def Jam France Label Director, Pauline Duarte Emmanuel Perrot also promoted to General Manager RCA Label Group France
News Universal Production Music launches Alexa voice skill for its clients to search catalog of over 500,000 tracks App can be downloaded and used on any Amazon Alexa-enabled device
News Strictly Confidential renews long-term deals with Balthazar, Nada Surf and Soap&Skin Sohnarr also announced as new signing