Music Business News: United States News UnitedMasters strikes direct licensing deal with TikTok… as clock ticks down on Merlin’s agreement with ByteDance platform UnitedMasters was licensed through Merlin until this deal News Digital marketing firm The Trenches signs exclusive deal with UMG’s Republic Corps As part of the deal, The Trenches is simultaneously launching its own incubator, Trenches Records Analysis Why was Sony Music willing to pay megabucks for Queen and Pink Floyd’s catalogs? MBW glances over some of the key factors in Sony's willingness to spend over $2 billion on three recent catalog deals News SESAC Music Group acquires rights management and UGC monetization company HAAWK HAAWK’s HQ will remain in Los Angeles under the leadership of founder and CEO Ryan Born News Neon Gold Records, Avenue A unite to launch Futures Music Group The new collective of artists and labels aims to "reshape the business of music” News Jennifer Knoepfle promoted to Head of US A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Exec joined UMPG as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of US A&R in 2022 News NBA teams accuse music publishers including Kobalt of ‘extortion’ in copyright dispute, claim ‘fair use’ Fourteen NBA teams have been sued by music publishers over alleged unlicensed use of music in their social media posts News Spirit Music Group launches joint venture with Grammy-winning songwriter Autumn Rowe, signs Mira Housey Classical piano prodigy Mira Housey is the first creative to sign with the new Honest Songs Music & Lyrics1 2 … 1,066 Next
News UnitedMasters strikes direct licensing deal with TikTok… as clock ticks down on Merlin’s agreement with ByteDance platform UnitedMasters was licensed through Merlin until this deal
News Digital marketing firm The Trenches signs exclusive deal with UMG’s Republic Corps As part of the deal, The Trenches is simultaneously launching its own incubator, Trenches Records
Analysis Why was Sony Music willing to pay megabucks for Queen and Pink Floyd’s catalogs? MBW glances over some of the key factors in Sony's willingness to spend over $2 billion on three recent catalog deals
News SESAC Music Group acquires rights management and UGC monetization company HAAWK HAAWK’s HQ will remain in Los Angeles under the leadership of founder and CEO Ryan Born
News Neon Gold Records, Avenue A unite to launch Futures Music Group The new collective of artists and labels aims to "reshape the business of music”
News Jennifer Knoepfle promoted to Head of US A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Exec joined UMPG as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of US A&R in 2022
News NBA teams accuse music publishers including Kobalt of ‘extortion’ in copyright dispute, claim ‘fair use’ Fourteen NBA teams have been sued by music publishers over alleged unlicensed use of music in their social media posts
News Spirit Music Group launches joint venture with Grammy-winning songwriter Autumn Rowe, signs Mira Housey Classical piano prodigy Mira Housey is the first creative to sign with the new Honest Songs Music & Lyrics