News Warner Music Turkey launches as major expands partnership with Doğan Gülce Özyeşilpınar named General Manager of Warner Music Turkey
Analysis News UK record industry grew by over $100m last year – but is streaming starting to run out of steam? Another big gain for key market – but first signs of a slowdown are on the cards
News Sir Lucian Grainge: After Tencent deal ‘our strategic vision remains the same’ "This is an exciting development reflecting a strong validation of our business strategy, our incredible team and your excellent work."
News Official: Universal Music Group to sell 10% stake, worth over $3bn, to Tencent-led Consortium "Tencent and the Consortium members are excited to support UMG's growth through this investment."
News Hasbro completes $3.8bn acquisition of Entertainment One Hasbro now owns albums by the likes of Tupac, Dr Dre and Chuck Berry
News Concord COO Glen Barros exits company after 25 years, launches new venture Exceleration Music will buy Candid Records and launch in the new year
News Instrumental achieves second UK Christmas No.1 in a row, via artist services arm frtyfve LadBaby single beats the likes of Stormzy and Lewis Capaldi to the top spot
News Tencent-backed Gaana says its monthly user count has now surpassed 125m people Company is adding over 3m active users every month
News Songtrust sees record growth in 2019, company now represents over 300,000 creators Royalty collections up nearly 250% for the year
News TikTok rival Triller breaks 26.5m monthly users, names mega-roster of investors & partners Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd, Marshmello, Lil Wayne, Gee Roberson, Moe Shalizi, Wassim Sal Slaiby, Amir Cash Esmailian, Ash Pournouri and others join as investors
News Cox Communications fined $1bn after losing copyright infringement lawsuit Cox was found to have infringed a total of 10,017 works
News Hipgnosis acquires catalog from Ariana Grande collaborator Savan Kotecha His songs have sold more than 375 million copies globally
News Rob Stringer: ‘We are building a creative entertainment company of the future.’ "We have been determined to expand our business operations beyond the core of the recorded and publishing businesses."
News Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘No other music company has ever come close to matching what we achieved this year.’ 'It’s no accident that we have built the largest, most diverse, and most innovative music company in the world.'
News Tencent’s Universal bid needed rescuing – but may now claim 30% of music company Tencent's bid for 10-20% of Universal nearly fell through, but now it probably looks back on track
News Having turned over $27m in 2018, Epidemic Sound is roasted by songwriter group for buy-out deals Epidemic responds by suggesting traditional industry is bothered by its "disruptive" model
News UK tech firm OCL launches mobile D2C marketing platform, Portes Platform will allow artists to create bespoke engagement and VIP experiences for fans