News Spotify is hiring for a Head of Spotify For Artists – to develop paid-only (and free) features Company is recruiting for a Head of Spotify for Artists to "develop a suite of free and paid offerings"
News JioSaavn’s paying subscriber base has quadrupled since early 2019 Company launches Pro Rewards 'designed to further augment significant JioSaavn subscriber growth'
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment files for IPO in South Korea Big Hit is estimated to raise more than 1 trillion won ($810m) through the IPO
News How TikTok turned Don’t Rush by UK hip-hop artists Young T & Bugsey into a global hit Track was released by Sony Music UK-affiliated label Black Butter
News Streaming fallout in India: Tencent-backed Gaana refuses to pay record label Tips ‘high royalties’ – so Tips pulls its catalog "Somehow we couldn't reach a common ground."
News Apple Music launches new ‘Africa Now Radio’ show Show is based on the recently launched Africa Now playlist
News Reach Music Publishing inks worldwide deal with Nashville singer/songwriter Sierra Hull Agreement covers Hull’s full catalog
News Instagram to pay IGTV ad money to creators, via 55% revenue share 'We want to support creators’ investment in IGTV by sharing advertising revenue with them.'
Analysis TikTok owner Bytedance generated over $17bn in 2019 – more than YouTube made from ads Bytedance generated around $47m every day last year. Should Alphabet be worried?
News German collection society GEMA paid over $1bn to publishers and songwriters in 2019 €905.6m was distributed to members and rights-holders worldwide
News Peter Brodsky promoted to General Counsel and EVP, Business Affairs at Sony/ATV He leads the company’s legal and business affairs department worldwide
News 82% of festival-goers ‘feel confident’ to return to live events after COVID-19 lockdown is lifted (report) 110,000 festival-goers from countries such as the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands were surveyed
Analysis The music industry is still obsessed with charts – but is it always looking at the right data? US consumer surveys from MusicWatch shows that measuring music's popularity goes far beyond the Spotify charts
News The Orchard releases new OrchardGo App with enhanced social features App allows artists to monitor social engagement and market visibility
News Doug Reinart named COO Americas of GoDigital Media Group Company's music related units include Cinq Music and music channel Latido Music
News Spanish singer-songwriter & guitarist DePedro inks global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Next album is expected to be released in Spring 2021
News Belgian rapper Zwangere Guy signs worldwide publishing deal with Strictly Confidential Debut album Wie Is Guy and follow up Brutaal both went to No.1 in Belgium's chart
News Live Nation pulls out of $400m-plus majority acquisition of Latin America’s biggest promoter "Live Nation anticipates that CIE will defend these arbitration proceedings and that both CIE and TV may pursue any legal remedies available to them."