Music Business News: United States

LANDR acquires plugin firm Synchro Arts

LANDR raised $26m in Series B round of fundraising in 2019

After joining Def Jam, Snoop Dogg appoints wife Shante Broadus as his official manager

Broadus also oversees operations for Los Angeles music recording, production, and events space The Compound

BMG partners with Pulse and Quickfire Films and Lewis Capaldi for new documentary film

Film captures the singer-songwriter’s rise to fame

Floris van Dam joins Merlin as VP of Insights

Van Dam was previously the International Head of Research & Analysis for Warner Music Group

Apple Music rolls out spatial and lossless audio

Thousands of songs available in Spatial Audio, and entire catalog is available in lossless

Kevin Holiday promoted to Executive Vice President of Black Music Promotion at Atlantic Records

Holiday will oversee Atlantic’s Black Music radio promotion strategy and campaigns

Universal Music Group and [PIAS] strike strategic global alliance

Kenny Gates, Michel Lambot, and Sir Lucian Grainge all celebrate new global partnership

House Judiciary Committee questions Spotify about its discovery mode tool

Spotify launched the promotion tool in November 2020