News Andrew Stess joins Tuned Global as Head of Sales and Business Development for the US Former Gracenote and AmpliFIND exec to lead US expansion
News 3 things to know about Spotify’s controversial new ‘pay for influence’ tool, Discovery Mode MBW sits down with Spotify to ask about its new tool, which some have accused of bearing the hallmarks of payola
News Warner’s Rhino reunites with Avenue Records for new catalog licensing deal including classic WAR recordings Deal includes WAR’s master recordings spanning nearly 40 years
News Spotify is letting record labels influence personalized recommendations… so long as they pay for it in royalties "As we learn from this experiment, we’ll carefully test expanding to other personalized areas of Spotify."
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys huge catalog from Kobalt in $322.9m acquisition Merck Mercuriadis does biggest deal yet, snapping up catalog owned by fund managed by Kobalt Capital
News Sony/ATV signs producer & songwriter Johnny Goldstein to worldwide deal Company has also partnered with Artist Publishing Group to provide creative services to Goldstein
News Publishers and songwriters to lose out on up to $3.5bn in 2020 due to the pandemic, says CISAC CISAC report paints painful picture for global music publishing landscape due to the pandemic
News Tencent confirms buying minority stake in AI-driven A&R platform Instrumental Deal also sees Instrumental enter into exclusive distribution partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment Group in China
Interviews ‘Songwriters need to fight to get the payment we deserve. We need to get the right credit.’ Latin Grammy winner Claudia Brant on her career, modern songwriting, and the prospects for young writers today
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million dollar’ 10-year strategic partnership with the Four Seasons From 1962 to 1978, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons sold more than 100m records
Interviews Round Hill: Our $375m IPO will be good news for songwriters Josh Gruss and Neil Gillis on their new public fund, Hipgnosis – and the future of music rights ownership
Analysis News Does UFC’s new music app hint at the future of subscription streaming? Tuned Global says the world of branded music apps, serving niche audiences, could be a key growth driver for the industry in the years ahead
News Paradigm Agency awarded $1.2m from the UK’s Culture Recovery Fund Firm was named in first round of recipients of funds from support package
News US tech giant Cloudflare ordered to block music piracy site in Germany Court in Germany issued injunction on Friday October, 9