News Reservoir signs Sam Sumser, co-writer of Lizzo’s Juice Nashville-based writer joins fast-growing rights company
News Def Leppard sign global administration deal with Sony/ATV Band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide
News Allen Kovac’s Better Noise signs global marketing and distribution deal with FUGA Deal sees Better Noise fully integrate its marketing and distribution activities with FUGA
News Universal Music hires BBC exec Alice Webb as CEO of Eagle Rock Entertainment Exec was previously Director of the BBC's Children’s and Education department
News Multi-territory digital licensing hub in Africa shows signs of success ahead of potential ‘streaming boom’ Creation of hub was led by South Africa's CAPASSO (Composers, Authors and Publishers Association)
News Indie distributor Redeye acquires Swedish distribution company Border Music Early releases under the deal include Drive-By Truckers, Born Ruffians, James Hunter Six and others
News TikTok parent ByteDance is trialing a Spotify rival called Resso in Indonesia & India (report) App has seen 27,000 installs across iOS and Android so far
News Deezer is now available on Facebook’s Portal TV Integration works for Deezer's Family, Free, Premium, Student and HiFi users
News Merlin inks licensing deal in Africa with Boomplay, which now has 62m users Partnership follows licensing deals with Sony, Warner and Universal
News Fan-funding platform Corite raises over $24,000 for artists in first month Platform says that it has attracted thousands of registered users
Analysis News The major labels will generate over $14bn in 2019, as Warner bucks trend of streaming slowdown (just) Some very impressive news for Universal, Sony and Warner... and a warning sign?
News Marie Fredriksson of Roxette dies, aged 61 News was confirmed by her management today (December 10)
News Sentric Music launches fund for emerging artists The Sentric Academy Fund will support 12 artists per year
News Townsend Music hires Ben James as New Business Manager Exec started his career in A&R at Nude Records
News Warner launches $650m fund to do battle with music’s big spenders Most of the equity in Tempo fund comes from Providence Equity Partners
News 88Rising inks exclusive global deal with Kobalt Deal expands relationship with Asian music and culture company
News Mark Carter promoted to Principal at business management firm Prager Metis Exec works with musicians, film and TV actors, directors, and athletes