News 3 things the major labels can learn from Big Hit, home of BTS Lessons from Bang Si-hyuk's comments at Big Hit's Corporate Briefing last week
News JioSaavn’s Artist Originals partners with licensing startup SyncFloor Artist Originals tracks are now searchable and license-ready to creators using SyncFloor
Analysis News Despite pandemic, Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 4.8% to $856m in the first half of 2020 Audio streaming now claims more than two thirds of Germany's revenues
News Steve Clark joins Round Hill Music as Global Chief Operating Officer Clark joins Round Hill from Warner Chappell Music where he spent over two decades
News UMPG and Riot Games partner on esport-themed songwriting camp in China, with songs to be used for 2020 League of Legends World Championship 2019 League of Legends World Championship attracted over 100m viewers
News BTS label Big Hit saw revenues rocket to $249m in the first half of 2020… partly thanks to livestreamed concerts Figures were revealed during the Big Hit Corporate Briefing
Interviews ‘I feel challenged to get better and grow all the time.’ Shawn Mendes collaborator, Geoff Warburton, on his writing process and his love for Nashville
News Modern Sky inks sub-publishing deal with The Royalty Network for Chinese catalog in North America Catalog will be overseen and managed by Modern Sky UK
News Hundreds of artists are now earning $100k+ per year from streaming via Kobalt’s AWAL Willard Ahdritz says indie artists today can "Get rich... and not die trying"
News Kleopatra Sofroniou promoted to General Manager Classics at Deutsche Grammophon Exec has worked with Universal Music Group over the past 15 years
News Lickd partners with Warner to make music available to YouTube creators 'Deals such as this are expanding the horizons of the digital music market.'
Interviews Reaching over 70m fans, UK’s Bytesized Talent looks to ‘help labels form longer-term relationships with influencers’ Fanbytes' CEO, Timothy Armoo, explains how his firm can take a "full 360 approach to marketing" for its clients.
News The UK’s One Media iP Group raises $8m to buy music rights Company plans to buy copyrights in performance and writers shares
News Facebook now allows creators to earn money from online events Owners of Pages in 20 countries can now start charging for online events
News Lizzo granted motion to dismiss Truth Hurts copyright infringement suit Suit was dismissed by a judge in California on August 14
News Concord raises another $600m via J.P. Morgan-placed debt offering New offering provides Concord with access to over $1bn of debt financing in total
News Apple launches two new live global radio stations, Hits and Country, rebrands Beats 1 as Apple Music 1 Apple Music Radio features live and exclusive original shows
News Cindy Gu appointed Head of Astralwerks Asia, label signs Indonesian EDM group Weird Genius Exec joins UMG from Warner Music Asia