News Jeff Bezos isn’t sure if Twitch pays royalties to artists (it doesn’t) Amazon boss not aware of licensing fallout on his company's livestreaming platform
News Cinq Music expands into Africa, signs Zimbabwean artist King98 He has teamed up with Tanzanian artist Diamond Platnumz on new single
News TikTok launches $70m fund for creators in the UK and Europe Fund to rise to $300m within three years
News Kate Alderton promoted to VP, Operations and Finance at Warner Chappell Music UK Alderton joined Warner Chappell Music from Deloitte in 2012
News Rhiannon Giddens named Artistic Director of Silkroad "Giddens’ incredible mastery at excavating the music of America's past, knowledge of history and diverse cultures... make her perfectly suited for the Artistic Director position."
News Pro Music Rights, which sued ‘the entire music industry’, appears to have settled with iHeartRadio, Rhapsody and others 7Digital and the RMLC both file agreed dismissals "with prejudice"
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