Music Business News: Oceania

Ingrooves inks exclusive distribution deal with Australian indie label Teamwrk; to distribute rapper Masked Wolf globally

Partnership builds on the two companies’ existing alliance signed in mid-2022

Is TikTok about to pull off a heist on the music industry?

Could indie tracks and AI music successfully replace major label music on the platform?

TikTok launches DIY distro service SoundOn in Australia, the same week it started limiting access to major label music in the market

SoundOn was already Live in the UK, US, Brazil and Indonesia

From Universal’s TIDAL partnership to TikTok limiting access to music in Australia… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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TikTok is trying to prove that it doesn’t need major label music – and the eyes of the industry are upon it.

Service restricts access to major label music for subset of users in Australia

Tyler Johnson was the world’s top music producer in 2022, according to Jaxsta’s Honors List

Jaxsta's Honors List identifies the world’s 100 most successful producers for 2022 using a weighted algorithm

Universal Music has a new boss in Australia: Sean Warner

Warner succeeds George Ash, who is retiring from UMG

Tuned Global partners with two firms in the medical technology space, MediMusic and Nue Life Health

Tuned Global to provide metadata, music content, and streaming service functionality through its suite of APIs