News K-Pop has been streamed for more than 134bn minutes on Spotify since 2014 There have been more than 41bn K-Pop streams on the platform to date
News Norva Denton promoted to Senior Vice President of A&R for Warner Records Denton joined Warner Records in 2018 as Director of A&R
News Tom Lewis & Laura Monks promoted to co-Managing Directors at Decca Records Group Execs promoted as Universal-owned label enters tenth decade
News Def Jam CEO Paul Rosenberg steps down to launch Goliath Records JV with Universal Music Group Exec will continue to serve as a consultant to Def Jam on its legacy artists
News CTS Eventim expands into the US via Michael Cohl partnership New entity is based in New York City and will be led by Michael Cohl and Glenn Orsher
News Spotify rebrands New Music Friday playlist, which has 8m followers globally The revamped playlist has 43 versions worldwide
News David Stouck named Regional Director, A&R, at Warner Music Asia His brief sees him oversee A&R operations in a total of 10 markets
News Distribution company Beatroot Music to administer ‘thousands in unpaid royalties’ of former Dart Music Dozens of music creators to obtain years’ worth of unclaimed royalties, says firm
News Kobalt signs Australian pop star Tones & I to neighboring rights deal Artist is behind the global hit, Dance Monkey
News TikTok nabs exclusive BTS premiere for the K-pop stars’ new single ‘ON’ Clip from track to be debuted on platform 12 hours ahead of release
News Spotify & Resident Advisor enter global partnership ‘to drive millions of music fans to local venues’ Localized Resident Advisor event listings to be promoted within the app
News Genius content heads to TV for the first time with Fuse Media partnership First Genius x Fuse episode to air March 18, featuring Alicia Keys
News Primary Wave acquires stake in music publishing catalog & artist master royalty stream for Air Supply in ‘multi-million dollar deal’ Their albums have sold in excess of 20 million copies
News Music licensing startup SyncFloor, co-founded by 20 year Microsoft veteran, secures $200,000 investment Funding to help implement integrations with industry partners, says company
News peermusic UK signs Ostereo Publishing to global administration deal Ostereo was founded by musician and businessman Howard Murphy
News Kobalt inks global deal with Issa Rae’s Raedio Publishing Partnership includes creative and administration services
News Jamie Nelson and Gemma Reilly to lead BMG’s UK recordings team, as Korda Marshall inks new deal “We are now the most successful UK record company outside of the three traditional majors."
News Universal Music Publishing Group launches new royalty portal that offers no-fee advances Universal claims app offers "clear, complete and real-time earnings and data"