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."
Analysis News Is Len Blavatnik about to complete the shrewdest deal in the history of the record business? The case for Len Blavatnik having made the smartest acquisitive move in record industry history
News BTS label Big Hit acquires stake in K-Pop firm Pledis; becomes company’s largest shareholder Pledis was founded by CEO Han Sung Soo in 2007
News Rajat Kakar named Managing Director of Sony Music India He previously served as CEO and Managing Director of Phonographic Performance Limited
News Universal launches Def Jam Africa to sign hip-hop, Afrobeats & trap artists from across the entire continent 'It is a historic achievement that we’re now able to bring this iconic label to Africa.'
News Warner Music Group launches IPO, as firm readies flotation on Nasdaq Some 70 million shares made available for underwriters to sell on by Access Industries