News Hipgnosis already owns over 5,000 songs – with another $1bn-plus of deals in its sights "We now have a pipeline of catalogs with an aggregate value in excess of £1 billion."
News The music industry is tackling streaming fraud with a pointless ‘Code’. It won’t work… but these ideas might. Penalties for artists, penalties for staff, more funding – why wasn't any of this in the industry's own policies?
News Spotify: We ‘overpaid’ songwriters and their publishers in 2018, and we would like our money back Technicality in CRB ruling means publishers now owe Spotify millions of dollars
News DEAG acquires majority stake in Michael Drieberg’s Swiss group of companies Music promoter expands market position in Switzerland
News The Jonas Brothers launch $599 limited edition vinyl subscription club via LA-based Vinyl Moon 'This is the first time the band has allowed their music to be released on vinyl'
News Warner’s Arts Music division launches imprint with TV producer Cloudco Entertainment Label to release original music from Hulu live-action series, Holly Hobbie
News Stream ripping site Convert2MP3, which had 684m visits over the past 12 months, has been shut down Legal action was coordinated by IFPI and BVMI in Germany
News The music industry just failed to fix streaming fraud with a toothless ‘Code of Conduct’ The industry has come together to pledge... nothing new, really
News Live Nation to integrate Augmented Reality ‘products’ into select festival apps Atlanta's Music Midtown festival will be first to offer an AR livestream and other features
News Derek Wells named Senior Director A&R/Production, Spirit Music Nashville Spirit has also formed a JV with Wells for his 2 Mix Music company
News Logic enters JV with Def Jam for new label BobbyBoy Records First artists to join the label are John Lindahl, Damian Lemar Hudson and Big Lenbo
News MelodyVR to livestream London’s Wireless Festival in virtual reality via new app Partnership follows new app and hardware announcement
Interviews JioSaavn: ‘We’re doing for music what Netflix did for movies.’ The service's CEO, Rishi Malhotra, discusses his company's uniqueness – and the power of parent company Jio
News peermusic appoints Graciela Pechetto as Managing Director, Brazil Current MD Manoel Pinto is retiring after 49 years with peermusic
News Skeet Kaye Hopkins merges with US firm Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman Two businesses create transatlantic business management offering for artists
News TikTok parent hires ex-Deezer exec to run music biz relations in Latin America Executive was previously Head of Music Industry Relations Americas at Deezer
Interviews ‘Can you hear us now?’ 300 Entertainment boss Kevin Liles on records, rivalries, race – and running a post-Lyor Cohen company
News Music video app Voisey raises funds ahead of US launch A number of high-profile investors have already backed the platform