News Dirty Hit inks global digital distribution deal with Ingrooves "UMG’s acquisition of Ingrooves is a perfect marriage of Dirty Hit’s two core partners and so this deal with Ingrooves, whose footprint is expanding, feels like a natural evolution as we continue to grow."
News Now Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis is buying master rights, as it swoops for Kaiser Chiefs catalog "I’m delighted that Mark, Martin, James, Nick, Ricky and the band have entrusted us with this special catalogue.”
News BDi Music signs composer Marina Elderton in exclusive deal She has composed soundtracks for Film4 and written commercially for the likes of Lynx, Rimmel, NBA, Cadburys and Tesco
Analysis News Is it time for Spotify and other streaming services to increase their prices? Survey finds that more than half of respondents would pay more than $9.99 for a subscription
Analysis More and more corporate brands are starting their own record labels (again). Will they last? Are brand-led labels a threat or an opportunity for music's incumbent powers?
News DOJ sides with Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights in antitrust lawsuit against commercial radio body GMR filed the suit in US federal court in 2016
News Max Richter signs new global deal with Universal Music Group Partnership is across Decca Records, Decca Publishing and Deutsche Grammophon
News Deezer inks first MENA telco deal with Saudi Telecom Company Streaming company launched in the Middle East in October 2018
News Tony Harlow named Chairman & CEO of Warner Music UK “Tony has a depth and diversity of experience that few can match," says Max Lousada
News Juice WRLD: BMG, Interscope lead tributes to rapper after he dies aged 21 "Juice made a profound impact on the world in such a short period of time."
News Juice WRLD dies aged 21 following seizure – report Juice WRLD released his second studio album, Death Race for Love, via Grade A / Interscope in March
News Ole Obermann joins TikTok as Vice President, Global Head of Music Exec was previously Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at WMG
News Universal launches new ‘A-Pop’ label, Red Records, in partnership with AirAsia Red Records will be lead by Hassan Choudhury, Head of Music for AirAsia Group and former UMG exec
News UK High Court to allow appeals in Sony & Warner’s copyright infringement lawsuit against TuneIn Company says decision 'is fundamentally bad for freedom of expression on the Internet and cultural diversity'
News BMG expands into artist management, partners with Carl Stubner’s Shelter Music Group Hartwig Masuch says BMG will offer managers an attractive revenue share deal to join Shelter Music Group
News Aviator on expanding into management, re-launching its label… and the future Aviator founder and CEO Alexander Seidl, along with COO, Lindsay Jones, bring MBW up to speed
News Kobalt signs Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to publishing deal Sakamoto has won multiple awards including a Grammy, an Oscar, a BAFTA and two Golden Globes
News Billie Eilish bags $25m Apple TV+ documentary deal – report R.J. Cutler-directed doc has already been filmed