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
News Rich Christina joins Warner Chappell Music as Senior Vice President of A&R Exec was most recently Senior Vice President and Head of East Coast A&R at Sony/ATV
News Spotify recommends labels spend at least $5k on its new pop-up ads Targeted pop-up visual ads were announced in October
News A year after selling catalog, Stargate invests in Voisey app, calling it ‘the future of songwriting’ Partnership will see Stargate taking an active role with Voisey
News Sony Corp pairs artists, tech, gaming & movies in new campaign to highlight ‘all that the world of Sony has to offer’ The Sony Collaboration Series features experimental projects
News Sony Music names senior execs leading global podcasting expansion New York-based execs named as Emily Rasekh, Brittany Hall, Ryan Zack and Christy Mirabal
News peermusic re-signs Nashville songwriter Michael Tyler to exclusive deal He has also delivered cuts for the likes of Blake Shelton, Tyler Farr, LoCash and more
News J. Erving’s distribution & services firm Human Re Sources expands into the UK Amal Omari and Matt Ott appointed A&R and Vice President of Creator Services, respectively
News The Beatles merch finds new home at Sony Music’s The Thread Shop in North America First wave of merchandise will be introduced with a Beatles pop-up store in New York from December 11-22
News Tencent invests $2bn in ByteDance rival Kuaishou – report Short-form video firm is reportedly close to completing a $3 billion-pre-IPO funding round
News Electronic music giant ID&T appoints Edo van Duijn as Music Director Exec has over 20 years of experience in the industry