News $500m-backed Saban’s first release surpasses 5 million plays on YouTube Track is averaging over a million plays per day on the platform
News After raising $1.7m last year, sampling startup Tracklib inks deal with BMG Startup allows users to find, sample, and license recordings
News Ingrooves expands into Brazil; inks global distribution deal with Sao Paolo label GR6 and names Cris Garcia Falcão as MD for the territory GR6 is one of Brazil's biggest labels
News New dual leadership revealed for Warner’s Artist Services team in London under ex-Bravado exec Russell Fogden and Morgan Hughes Hughes upped to Head of Creative and Fogden joins from Bravado as Head of Commercial
News Even Justin Bieber’s Spotify-gaming fans can’t unseat Dance Monkey as the world’s favorite song Smash hit single is on course to top a billion Spotify streams in the next three weeks
Analysis Music streaming needs to change. Is Amazon already ahead of the curve? Recent UK report suggests that Jeff Bezos company might be delivering the future of streaming today
News Universal Music UK promotes Jack Fryer to MD of new division, The Square Exec steps up from Senior Director of Strategic planning
News TikTok was the world’s second-most downloaded app in 2019, and now generates $40m per month India was responsible for nearly 45% of app's first-time downloads last year
News Spirit Music Group expands into Miami; inks JV with Latin hitmaker Rudy Pérez Pérez is a founder of The Latin Grammys
News Brazilian entertainment firm KondZilla signs with The Orchard for global distribution Deal includes partnership of KondZilla's YouTube channel, which has over 50m subscribers
News War Is Over: Spotify and Warner Chappell sign global licensing deal – including India Landmark case ends in a fresh deal between Spotify and Warner Chappell
News Aaron Randall & Bill Ashton named as new Managing Directors of Warner-owned Songkick Outgoing CEO Mark McIntyre to remain as an advisor
News Spotify’s Global Marketing Lead joins Twitch as Director of Marketing, EMEA Exec exits as SPOT hires for Head of Global Marketing Strategy role in New York
News Pro Music Rights enters partnership with New York-based legal service Cosynd Partnership will allow PMR artists to create contracts
News Johnny Minardi promoted to VP, A&R at Elektra Music Group Exec has signed artists such as The Band CAMINO, Grandson and Tones and I
News Justin Bieber in Spotify stream-gaming controversy as he directs fans to play new single on repeat Artist reposts (now-deleted) guide telling fans to "create a playlist with Yummy on repeat and stream it"
News Deezer inks strategic payments partnership with Mondia for Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE Deal will allow users to subscribe to streaming service without the use of debit or credit cards