News Apple Music boss Oliver Schusser to run Beats brand as Luke Wood steps down Luke Wood to depart at the end of April
News Warner invests in Africa-based music distributor Africori, launching global partnership with ADA Africori has worked with more than 6,500 artists and 700 labels, including majors and indies
News Universal’s streaming revenues brush $1bn in Q1, with total recorded music up 13.1% Japan's King & Prince were company's biggest sellers in quarter
News Songtradr offers artists free music distribution until September 30: ‘We’ve been doing what we can, but we need to do more.’ Songtradr previously sacrificed commission fees for sync to help artists hit by COVID-19
News How Warner Music Italy artist Ghali scored a No.1 album amidst the country’s Coronavirus lockdown 'Ghali is the voice of a generation and his fans have never needed him more.'
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Emilee, Maya Delilah, Mia Rodriguez, edbl and Andrea Chahayed Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News Santigold signs exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Santigold has collaborated with the likes of Diplo, Mark Ronson, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and others
News Blue Raincoat Artists partners with Management firm Major Influence Major Influence was founded in 2015
News Defected Records acquires catalog of producer Todd Edwards Catalog features over 140 productions
News UMPG signs Meduza to global publishing deal Debut single Piece Of Your Heart has seen 600m streams globally
News Andy Ma promoted to CEO of Warner Music Greater China Exec has worked for Warner Music since 2011
News Primary Wave Music Publishing acquires stake in catalog of The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward The Moody Blues have sold in excess of 70 million albums
News Playwright Fermín Cabal named acting President of Spanish rights society SGAE after Pilar Jurado is voted out by Board of Directors Jurado joined as President in February 2019
News Allen Kovac’s Better Noise Entertainment launches film division Better Noise Films to develop feature films and other original content
News Fanbytes launches ByteLabs to help ‘TikTok play a longer-term role’ for labels and artists Bytelabs claims to have seen an increase in artist TikTok follower counts by 250% across four weeks
News Oana Ruxandra named Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Business Development at Warner Music Group Exec oversees WMG's global digital strategy
News ‘Liberty Media already has far too much control over the music ecosystem’: Artist & consumer rights groups oppose iHeart Media buyout Collective urges DOJ to reject Liberty Media’s potential acquisition of iHeartMedia
News NOW That’s What I Call Music! streaming app, co-owned by Universal & Sony, launches free tier Ad-free service is currently £4.99 per month