Music Business News: United Kingdom

Reaching over 70m fans, UK’s Bytesized Talent looks to ‘help labels form longer-term relationships with influencers’

Fanbytes' CEO, Timothy Armoo, explains how his firm can take a "full 360 approach to marketing" for its clients.

The UK’s One Media iP Group raises $8m to buy music rights

Company plans to buy copyrights in performance and writers shares

Facebook now allows creators to earn money from online events

Owners of Pages in 20 countries can now start charging for online events

Universal inks global licensing deal with B2B music streaming service Soundtrack Your Brand

Company works with brands such as McDonald’s, Lululemon, J Crew and others

BMG and TV production company Fremantle extend global partnership

Extended deal includes a global music publishing and administration agreement for Fremantle’s catalog

Mark Yovich named Global President of Ticketmaster, Jared Smith becomes worldwide Chairman

Amy Howe steps up to Global Chief Operating Officer

Anastasia Ellis joins Warner Chappell Music as Vice President, Regional European Administration

Exec joins from Kobalt Music Publishing

Beggars Group revenues hit $83m in 2019, as XL Recordings generated over $50m

"Whilst we are expecting a slowdown in certain channels [from COVID-19] – for example physical sales, synchronisation, and performance income – we expect streaming to be least affected."