News Spotify countersues indie label, whose founder remains defiant: ‘I look forward to our day in court.’ Jake P. Noch responds to countersuit as fallout over alleged fraudulent streams escalates
News ‘The whole of Island Records is working around the clock to pull this thing together.’ Island Records’ One Love Covid-19 Relief Auction in aid of NHS Charities Together and Feeding America takes place tomorrow (May 21)
Analysis Spotify’s $100m+ Joe Rogan deal redefines its podcast strategy. Songwriters and record labels should be watching closely. Why Spotify's big money buys might concern music's most powerful rightsholders
News Former Goldman Sachs exec Matthew Donazzan joins Australia’s TEG as Director of Strategy and M&A He was previously an Executive Director covering private equity clients at Goldman Sachs
News Primary Wave agrees ‘multi-million deal’ to acquire majority stake in Ray Charles’ pre-1964 publishing catalog Deal includes majority of publishing and writer's share, as well as all administration rights, for some of the soul legend's biggest hits
News BMG launches neighboring rights service, The Who’s Roger Daltrey signs up Heading the new service is VP Operations Strategy David Miller
News Universal Music Turkey signs hip-hop stars Anil Piyanci & Lil Zey Anil Piyanci is one of the most streamed domestic rappers in Turkey
News Live Nation New Zealand concerts to include temperature screening, contact tracing, social distancing 'Live Nation NZ is excited to be welcoming back live events in New Zealand.'
Analysis News Goldman Sachs just cut its 2020 paid music streaming revenue forecast by $2.2bn… but the future still looks bright Adjustments to the financial giant's forecasts say much about the future of the music business at large
News Spotify inks multi-year exclusive deal for The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, including audio and video 'We're very excited to begin this new chapter of the JRE and I hope you're there when we cross over.'
News YouTube backs 12 artists from around the world for 2020 Foundry development program Program supports independent artists at the early stages of their careers
News Sony/ATV signs Rod Wave to worldwide deal First studio album Pray 4 Love earned over 100m streams in the first week
News Kenny Chesney signs with UMPG for exclusive global publishing deal He has more than 30 million in album sales worldwide
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Kameron Marlowe to global publishing deal Independently released debut single, Giving You Up, has earned 25m streams
Interviews ‘We have built one of the biggest accounts on Instagram – and one of the fastest growing on TikTok.’ We Generate founders Joshua Brandon and Luka Zak discuss the modern marketing playbook in music
News BMG inks deal with AI music company that ‘respects the integrity of music composition’ Deal will see over 15,000 tracks from BMGPM's catalog integrated into MatchTune
News Bytedance poaches Disney’s Kevin Mayer to become TikTok’s new CEO Exec recently led the successful launch of Disney Plus
News ‘You can buy No.1s on Billboard’: Tekashi 6ix9ine claims 30,000 Ariana Grande single sales were purchased using 6 credit cards Rapper lets the accusations fly as he misses out on Hot 100 No.1 record