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
News $15m copyright lawsuit against Juice WRLD dropped by pop-punk band Yellowcard Lawsuit was originally filed in October 2019
News BMG to make diversity of exec hires a key objective for company’s managers BMG's Hartwig Masuch has outlined action to be taken by the company to address racial inequality
Interviews ‘I turn my hurt into gas, into fuel, to keep going and working harder.’ Poo Bear talks about Justin Bieber, issues of race in music – and why he wants to see labels hire people who've made hits
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Jordan Walker to worldwide deal He has worked with country stars such as Luke Combs and Mitchell Tenpenny
News Big Deal Music Group signs producer & songwriter Robin Hannibal to global publishing deal He has worked with artists such as Kendrick Lamar, James Blake and Chance the Rapper
Analysis Blog Songwriters Deserve Freedom NMPA President David Israelite on a historic opportunity for modern US lawmakers to shift power away from Big Tech – and towards songwriters
News TikTok star Josh Richards joins rival Triller as platform tops 50m monthly active users TikTok stars Griffin Johnson and Noah Beck have also joined Triller
Analysis Taylor Swift’s Folklore just made history on Spotify… and blew away the launch of her last album, Lover Folklore streamed over 50m times more on Spotify worldwide in its first three days than Lover
Interviews ‘We’re starting to see a generation of artists born and raised on TikTok.’ Ole Obermann, TikTok's Global Head of Music, and Believe CEO/Founder, Denis Ladegaillerie, talk charts, hits and cannibalization...