News Spotify’s standalone Kids app rolled out in the UK and Australia Standalone app will eventually expand to all markets that have Premium Family
News Penske Media makes substantial equity investment in Music Business Worldwide, strengthening partnership "MBW has tapped into a top tier audience with quality well above and beyond offerings by competitors."
News UK rapper Dave renews global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Artist's album Psychodrama hit No.1 in the UK in March 2019
News Tencent, set to control 10% of Universal, also owns 9.1% of Spotify – but Daniel Ek has the final say on firm’s stake Spotify's founder and CEO has control of voting shares linked to Tencent's stake in his company
News Napster majority owner RealNetworks to get $10m investment from CEO Rob Glaser 'I am making this investment because I believe the company has a very promising future ahead of it'
News Music making platform Splice has paid out $25m to music creators Payouts made to musicians who distribute their sounds through Splice Sounds
News TikTok was downloaded over 104.7m times worldwide in January Figure represents a 46% increase from January 2019
News Paradigm makes strategic investment in UK sync company Pitch & Sync Deal adds in-house sync capabilities to Paradigm’s Brand Partnerships division
Analysis News Jay-Z’s TIDAL saw global revenues rise to $148m in 2018 (update) Losses narrow at streaming service which famously served superstars with equity stakes
Interviews ‘You can make decent money in Italy out of streaming – but physical still maintains some strongholds.’ Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante gives his view on the world's 12th biggest music market
News PPL international collections hit record high of £86.7m in 2019 Total achieved in 2018 was £70.9m
News ‘AI-enabled’ indie label SNAFU Records launches with $2.9m venture capital backing Company was founded by former Universal Music exec Ankit Desai
News Warner sued by producer Mike Flynn, who claims he was promised $500k-per-year job in A&R Exec has worked with Katy Perry, Rod Stewart, Lionel Richie and other artists
News Capitol Christian Music Group Chairman & CEO Peter York to retire after 50 years in the music business 'Peter is one of the most accomplished executives in the music business'
News Kobalt Music signs Savages’ Jehnny Beth to global publishing deal 'There's no question Jehnny Beth is an iconic singer, artist and songwriter'
News Beatchain launches platform that vows to ‘enable artists to take control of their careers’ Platform has already seen more than 40,000 artists sign up
News Taylor Swift signs exclusive global publishing deal with UMPG Universal Music Group already serves as Swift’s exclusive worldwide recorded music partner