News Entertainment One to buy UK’s Audio Network in $215m deal 'eOne’s capabilities across Music will be significantly bolstered by Audio Network’s impressive scale and roster of artists, composers and catalogue.'
News Warner Music licenses Africa’s largest music streaming service, Boomplay Boomplay has more than 42 million users
News Charlie Phillips to head up Worldwide Independent Network Phillips steps up from his previous role as Director of Legal and Business Affairs
News Marshmello just played a live set to 10m people in video game Fortnite – and that wasn’t even the most interesting move he made this weekend DJ's new single, performed in Hindi, is out now, featuring Pritam
News Rhapsody makes two senior hires and ‘formally’ launches Powered by Napster service Angel Gambino joins as Chief Commercial Officer and John Law as VP, Head of Product
News Spotify fake artists return – but who’s faking plays within user accounts? MBW reveals that plays were being falsely attributed to users as far back as March last year
News Universal becomes first major to license Africa’s biggest streaming platform, Boomplay Boomplay is jointly owned by two large-scale Chinese companies
News Audio Network appoints Todd King VP, West Coast Music publishing and licensing veteran to guide growth of West Coast market
News Two of Canada’s leading indie distributors, Select and Outside Music, are merging Select and Outside will maintain independent offices in Montreal and Toronto, respectively
News Anyone can now get playlisted on Spotify (sort of…) Spotify's playlist submission feature is out of beta after music is submitted by 67,000 artists since July
News The Orchard makes play for independent artists with new global division under Tim Pithouse Sony Music Australia exec moving to New York
News Spotify’s Latin playlists head Rocío Guerrero quits streaming platform to join Warner Music Group Exec built ¡Viva Latino! and Baila Reggaeton over a seven-year tenure
News Apple Music and Ministry Of Sound strike deal to push MoS playlists worldwide AM will be the only place the public will be able to find MoS playlist brands
Analysis News Spotify is testing semi-personalized playlists. What might that mean for record labels? Streaming platform's new experiment hints at a very different future for playlisting
News Snapchat influencer network Fanbytes launches AR Lenses platform for labels UK-born startup sees success working with the likes of Warner and Deezer