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.'
News Downtown signs deal to represent Wu-Tang Clan publishing catalog 'Wu-Tang Clan isn’t just one of hip-hop’s most influential groups, it’s an iconic institution in every sense of the word.'
News Quincy Jones inks exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Deal also includes works by several songwriters under the umbrella of Jones’s company
News AWAL signs global deal with Joesef 'Joesef is a special talent and we are hugely ambitious for what he can achieve.'
News Kareem Chin appointed SVP, Head of Investor Relations at Warner Music Group Chin joins WMG from iHeartMedia, where he was SVP, Head of Investor Relations
News African music service Mdundo raises $6.4m by listing on Danish Stock exchange Service has 5 million monthly users, and a current valuation of around $16m
News Ted Cockle and Amy Thomson join Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund Cockle named President of 'Song Management' company; Thomson takes role as Chief Catalogue Officer
News Warner hit by three month-long customer payment card hack on e-commerce sites "We want to emphasize at the outset that keeping personal information safe and secure is very important to us, and we deeply regret that this incident has occurred."