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"
News Global Music Rights and RMLC antitrust dispute to go to trial following court rulings Judge in California refused motions to dismiss lawsuits
News Snafu Records, which recently launched with $2.9m backing, hires Adrian Karvinen as Director Of North America Exec previously worked with Three Six Zero and also formed his own boutique firm Fire Club INC
News Deezer expands playlist brands into ‘LIVE’ concerts; recorded gigs to be available exclusively on platform First event is Rocket LIVE in Paris on February 19
News Sound City secures CAPLL Ltd investment for talent development programs CAPLL has generated in excess of 1 million long-term donors since 2009
News Canada’s Competition Bureau fines StubHub CAD $1.3m Firm fined for 'misleading pricing claims in the online sale of tickets to entertainment and sporting events'
News The Beatles’ Apple Corps wins $77m default judgment in trademark infringement lawsuit over fake merch Suit was filed in Florida last year
News Artificial Intelligence made a song in the style of Travis Scott. It sounds unnervingly like Travis Scott. "She got the crew on top of my chain (It's lit); Wasted in the street like a pain (Straight up)."
Analysis YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good? On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner
News Universal Music: legal case over alleged damages in 2008 warehouse fire ‘meritless’ Response follows confirmation of lost recordings in new legal filing
News New specialist music streaming platform, jazzed, launches in the UK Licensing terms have been agreed with the majors
News Universal Music Group is now an $8bn-a-year company, as streaming revenues surge 21.5% in record 2019 Company now generates more than $11m every day from streaming