News Mike Caren’s APG in recruitment drive to ‘build runway for the future’ Six roles now open at Los Angeles-based label and publishing company
News Folk rock pioneer David Crosby signs with SESAC Crosby was a founding member of The Byrds in the mid-60s
News Shaggy inks worldwide deal with Downtown Music Publishing Shaggy's recent album with Sting won Best Reggae Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards
News UK tastemaker Annie Mac to head up gender equality initiative, the Equalising Music Pledge The campaign is also endorsed by PRS Foundation’s Keychange initiative
News Atlantic Records partners with R Baron Group to launch new label, The Machine Works The first acts signed are Los Angeles-based AzChike and 1TakeJay
News ole acquires Parallel Music Publishing catalog Parallel’s catalog consists of more than 6,500 songs
News Eventbrite to open 24,000 square foot HQ in Madrid, Spain Eventbrite’s new 'engineering center' is scheduled to open in May
News Songtradr buys music licensing agency Big Sync Music in multi-million dollar deal The acquisition was a multi-million dollar cash and equity transaction
News SoundCloud is now a distributor: Platform launches tool for users to upload music to Spotify, Apple Music etc. Amazon Music, Apple Music, Instagram, Spotify, Tencent, YouTube Music and more all covered by new tool
News Universal Music Group valuation hits $50bn – as Vivendi seeks ‘half dozen’ investment bank partners "[UMG] owns undermonetized, must-have, global content that is strategic to the tech giants and can’t be replicated."
News LyricFind expands into Southeast Asia and Middle East The company has opened offices in Morocco and Vietnam
News Spotify paid $343m for podcasting companies Gimlet Media and Anchor SEC filing reveals that Spotify spent €300m on the pair of companies
News Top music execs paid close to $200m from EMI sale, with Martin Bandier netting the lion’s share – reports New report suggests Bandier "entitled to around half" the total executive compensation payout related to EMP's sale to Sony
Analysis 5 of Spotify’s biggest imminent challenges in 2019 The key issues Daniel Ek and his team have to face down over the next 10 months
News Copyright Directive talks conclude – music business responds ahead of reviewing final Article 13 text "We look forward to carefully reviewing the text when it is issued," says IFPI
News Warner/Chappell inks publishing deal with musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz Schwartz is the composer of hit musicals Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked