News Nigeria’s Mavin Records partners with music licensing startup SyncFloor Deal aims to bring label’s catalog to more potential sync buyers
News Scott Packman named Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Exec had a 14-year career at MGM Holdings/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
News Tencent Music Entertainment inks strategic partnership with Japanese animation studio, CoMix Wave Films Partnership will see original soundtracks from 17 animated movies go live on TME's music platforms
News Deezer is now a $1.4bn company – with a big opportunity in Mexico Grupo Salinas acquires minority stake in Deezer, providing a large-scale media and retail platform in return
News Spotify and Harry Fox Agency accused of ‘joint conspiracy’ to infringe copyrights in Eminem publisher lawsuit Eight Mile Style, an independent publisher of Eminem songs has filed a new lawsuit
News Universal Music Germany signs Italian actor and singer Michele Morrone His songs featured in the film 365 Days have garnered almost 100m combined streams
News Here’s what Spotify, Live Nation, Sony, Warner and other music companies are paying women compared to men in the UK Sony, Warner, Spotify and Live Nation's numbers have been revealed
News Gabriella Ianni Promoted to Vice President, Commercial Strategy at Ingrooves Ianni most recently served as Account Director
Interviews News Matt Pincus-backed HIFI launches to help artists ‘actually see what they’re earning – and what they’re worth’ Founder and CEO, Damian Manning, talks MBW through HIFI's new product offerings
News Sony launches Epic Records France, headed up by Def Jam France Label Director, Pauline Duarte Emmanuel Perrot also promoted to General Manager RCA Label Group France
News Universal Production Music launches Alexa voice skill for its clients to search catalog of over 500,000 tracks App can be downloaded and used on any Amazon Alexa-enabled device
News Strictly Confidential renews long-term deals with Balthazar, Nada Surf and Soap&Skin Sohnarr also announced as new signing
News Concord Music Publishing inks multi-faceted creative partnership with songwriter Hillary Lindsey Concord has also acquired an interest in her entire back catalog
News Spotify launches $12.99 Duo subscription tier in the US and 54 other markets New plan is for two people living at the same home address
News BMG strikes global music partnership with ITV Studios "This partnership opens up a great opportunity for our artists and songwriter clients to maximise their exposure to television audiences.”
News Frank Handy joins Position Music as Vice President, Head of Administration Ex-SONGS Music exec joins Tyler Bacon's company
News Warner Music Nashville Chief Operating Officer Matt Signore to exit He was named COO of Warner Music Nashville in 2016
News Spotify launches new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets SPOT has reportedly entered into a new agreement with lyrics provider Musixmatch