Music Business News: United States

Jay Z’s Roc Nation to launch new multimedia brand, EDITION

EDITION will launch across print, digital, social and 'experiential activations'

Livestream startup LiveControl raises $30m in Series A round

New round brings LiveControl's total funding to $33m

Travis Barker signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music

Agreement is an exclusive worldwide administration deal

Reservoir acquires minority stake in China-based Outdustry and forms JV to acquire local music catalogs

New investment builds on an existing sub-publishing partnership announced in June 2020

75% of TikTok’s users say they discover new artists on the platform

New data sheds light on user music discovery on TikTok

Rob Jonas named CEO of trends and analytics platform P-MRC Data

P-MRC Data brings together MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music), Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence

Universal Music Canada inks JV with management company The Core Entertainment

Joint venture launches with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Steven Lee as its first signing

Warner Chappell Production Music launches global rebrand

Company has also expanded its executive team and launched two new recording studios in Los Angeles and Nashville