News TikTok owner to launch Spotify rival – report App could launch as soon as fall 2019 "in a number of territories"
News Sony/ATV inks global content deal with music app developer Gismart The Gismart product portfolio has 17 million monthly active users
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys Jamie Scott catalog 'Jamie Scott has been the UK’s most consistent hitmaker of the last 10 years.'
News Pro Music Rights inks deal with Billboard-charting act OG Maco 'The industry should take note that artists will no longer have to stand idle while their royalties are tied up in an opaque, antiquated system.'
News After Spotify’s launch in India, how is its global expansion progressing? An in-depth look at how Spotify performed in Q1 in terms of users and subscribers around the world
News Warner Chappell Music inks global deal with Australia’s Eddie Perfect Eddie Perfect is one of Australia’s most prolific writer/composer/performers
News Apple Music strikes exclusive playlist deal with Ibiza nightlife brand The Night League The Night League is behind Ibiza club brands Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza
News Music discovery startup LÜM closes $1.2m seed funding round, partners with Frank Productions LÜM focuses exclusively on emerging artists
News Primary Wave Music Publishing acquires 50% stake in Whitney Houston Estate The deal sees Primary Wave acquire a stake in the singer's music assets
News Sony Music to deliver ‘Real Time’ royalty data to artists, and enable monthly cash withdrawals 'Real Time Royalties' and 'Cash Out' set to make life much easier for Sony acts
News Live Nation buys Spaceland Presents, owner of the Los Angeles Echoplex, as part of $20m+ SoCal spending spree Deal is latest in flurry of acquisitions in Southern California
News Spotify tests voice-controlled hardware for the car The 'Car Thing' is being tested in the US only
Analysis News Spotify is encouraging artists to make their own podcasts using Anchor Why Spotify's new strategy could result in a clearer ROI at the platform
News NME and Uncut acquired by Singapore’s BandLab Technologies 'We are very excited to welcome NME and Uncut to the BandLab Technologies family.'
News Sony Music launches podcast company with Adam Davidson and Laura Mayer 'We want to enhance opportunities for talented storytellers in this rapidly evolving audio entertainment segment.'
News Event organizers can now sell tickets through Facebook via Eventbrite 700 million people use Facebook Events each month
Analysis BBC Radio 1 now reaches 17% of the UK population, down from 23% in 2011 Commercial radio and BBC Radio 2's reach has remained consistent in same timeframe
News J. Balvin manager Rebeca León and Neil Young & The Strokes agent Marsha Vlasic added to Midem Keynote lineup Midem takes place from June 4-7 June in Cannes, France