News Spotify’s legal chief claims Apple ‘intentionally designed a system rigged in their favor’ European Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into Apple's App Store rules
News Tencent in talks to buy stake in video streaming rival iQIYI (report) iQIYI claimed to have 119 million subscribers at the end of March
News EMI Records is back; Rebecca Allen named President of relaunched Universal UK label "Rebecca is an extraordinarily dynamic and creative executive with the vision and ambition to restore EMI Records to its position as a powerhouse of culture and music discovery.”
News Pop Smoke estate signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Debut album set to be posthumously released this summer
News Lickd teams with Universal Music Group & UMPG to make music accessible to YouTube creators Deal will see access given to a selection of tracks from the two companies’ music catalogs
News Apple faces anti-trust investigation over App Store rules in Europe 'We need to ensure that Apple's rules do not distort competition in markets where Apple is competing with other app developers.'
News Universal Music Group expands in MENA, opening offices in Morocco and Israel Serena Safieddine to lead Morocco office, Yoram Mokady named MD in Israel
News BTS bank close to $20m from a single pay-per-view online concert 'Bang Bang Con: The Live' attracted 756,600 concurrent viewers at its peak
News Kajal Gayadien promoted to Global Head of Label Licensing at Amazon Music Exec was previously Principal, Content Licensing at the music streaming platform
News UK-based Music PR execs Caroline Dollimore & Louise Mayne launch new communications agency, Cherry Cherry's founders include The Sports PR Company's Caroline McAteer and writer & editor, Paul Flynn
News Maria Egan, Pulse Music Group’s former President & Head of Creative, joins Splice as Chief Music Officer Egan will oversee all aspects of the company's engagement with the creative community and wider music industry
News Tracklib raises $4.5m from Sony Innovation Fund and former Spinnin’ Records CEO Eelko Van Kooten The Stockholm-based sampling service plans to use the funds to increase its music catalog and user base
News Thailand’s B-Concept Media Entertainment Group raises $5m Funding will be used to expand company's marketing, events, production and ticketing businesses
News Tencent now controls 10% of Universal, 9% of Spotify… and nearly 2% of Warner Music Group Second SEC filing shows Tencent did indeed splash out $200m on Warner shares on June 3
News Ted Cockle exits as boss of Universal’s Virgin EMI in the UK Cockle has run the label, one of the UK's biggest, since 2013
News Tencent buys $200m+ stake in Warner Music Group (update) The tangled web of music industry ownership just got a bit more complicated
News Özden Bora named Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment Turkey Exec previously worked at Doğan Music Company
News Universal inks global deal with Sofa Entertainment for iconic catalog from ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ Full performance segments officially available for the first time worldwide via streaming platforms starting June 12