News Marjorie Garcia promoted to Partner at entertainment law firm King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano Garcia has spearheaded the expansion of the Latin music department at KHPS
News Primary Wave acquires music publishing catalog from rock band Godsmack Band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide
News Carbon Fiber Music inks global distribution deal with Ingrooves Record label was co-founded by Farruko and manager, Franklin Martinez
News Keinon Johnson Promoted to Senior Vice President, Head of Urban Promotions at Interscope Current Head of Urban Promotions Larry Khan to retire in 2021
News LANDR launches Pro Network, a business management and digital marketplace platform New service gives engineers, producers, session musicians, songwriters and composers access to a wide range of services and tools online
News TikTok partners with The Prince Estate to bring artist’s full catalog to the platform TikTok users can now create videos soundtracked to Prince songs
News India bans TikTok and Tencent’s QQ Music, alongside 57 other Chinese-owned mobile apps Indian government action arrives as relations worsen between two nations
News Sony/ATV Nashville signs Grammy-winning songwriter Josh Kear to worldwide publishing deal He has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley and others
News Guillermo Gonzalez promoted to President of Warner Music Iberia He succeeds José Carlos 'Charlie' Sanchez who is stepping down after 13 years
News Dutch producer Avedon signs record deal with Warner Music Benelux His music has generated more than 1.5bn streams worldwide
News Justin Bieber files $20m defamation lawsuit over assault allegations Lawsuit was filed in California on June 25
News UMG partners with Italy’s Sugar Music for global distribution, including film scores by Nino Rota & Ennio Morricone Agreement extends 25-year relationship between the two companies
News Outdustry launches new music publishing company in China Company has also inked a sub-publishing partnership with Reservoir
News KKR leads $48m investment into Artlist, a royalty-free music rival to Epidemic Sound Artlist will use to money to buy assets and potentially acquire in the marketplace
News Should music’s biggest companies boycott Facebook? The likes of Unilever and Verizon are pulling ads in protest at misinformation and polarizing content being shared on FB and Instagram
News Livestream company StageIt hires ex-Dubset CEO Stephen White Founder Evan Lowenstein moves to the role of Executive Chairman
News Lucy Dickins upped to Co-Head of Music at WME, Marc Geiger exits after 17 years Dickins was previously Head of the company’s UK Music division
News Universal to conduct research into racial disparity in the music business via Annenberg partnership Partnership will conduct new research to determine the extent to which men and women of color are excluded from music’s leadership ranks