Music Business News: United States

Is the slowdown in big-money music catalog deals officially over?

Moves from Hipgnosis, Shamrock, Primary Wave, and a big brewing Michael Jackson story have all pumped excitement into 2023's M&A narrative

Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox named SVP, A&R, and Executive Producer at LVRN

A producer for the likes of Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Justin Bieber, and more, B. Cox has won nine Grammy awards

Deezer strikes long-term partnership with speaker maker Sonos to power Sonos Radio globally

Sonos launched its ad-supported radio streaming service in 2020

Jon Pikus appointed VP A&R/Business Development at Wixen Music Publishing

Exec has held A&R positions at Columbia Records, Interscope Records, MySpace Records, Lava Records and Imagem Music Publishing.

Amazon Music strikes playlist partnership with generative AI music company Endel

Endel raised $15m in a series B funding round last year

ONErpm hires Erin Dunleavy as Head of Branding

Erin Dunleavy previously worked at Universal Music Group and Island Records

From Snoop Dogg and Death Row’s TikTok exclusive to Hipgnosis’ investment in Timbaland’s Beatclub… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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SoundCloud expands artist services business globally; enters JV with Jax Jones’ and Dan Stacey’s record label WUGD (What You Gonna Do)

SoundCloud says it's teamed up with UK-based WUGD 'to discover, nurture, and invest in emerging electronic music artists featured on the platform internationally'