News Tencent Music and Thailand’s biggest record label strike pact to ‘co-create content’ Partnership will make use of TME's Karaoke app WeSing
News Mairu Gupta named Director, Digital Business for Sony Music in India Exec previously worked at the NBA
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News Dance music promotor Insomniac expands into publishing via partnership with André de Raaff’s CTM Partnership to operate under the name of Sounds That Never Sleep Publishing
News Universal launches Magic Muses, China’s first label dedicated solely to film soundtrack and score Label will be run by veteran film marketing executive Kelvin Hou, who has been appointed as CEO
News Apple Music picks Platoon-signed Holly Humberstone as its latest Up Next artist Former Up Next stars include Billie Eilish
News Thomas Rhett signs exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music In addition to his own material, he has written songs for the likes of Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line and Old Dominion
News Spotify vs. Songwriters: Publishers remain confident that streaming platforms WILL be forced to increase royalties in the US NMPA plays down impact of Court of Appeals decision, noting: "We believe these things are easily done by the CRB."
News Universal to pay-gate music in China as part of new Tencent Music deal Tencent confirms that Universal is backing its paywall strategy in key market
News Warner Chappell Music signs global publishing deal with Australian Quartet Hiatus Kaiyote 'Their timeless, futuristic sound transcends genres.'
News Fortnite maker Epic Games raises $1.78bn round of funding Round includes previously announced $250m strategic investment from Sony Corporation
Interviews Ditto Management on going Top 5 in the UK: ‘We’re not in the old school music industry club – we’ve got data instead!’ Matt Dodds on the first year of Ditto's management company – and its plans to break "household names" globally
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Interviews Austin Daboh: My Manifesto Don’t be surprised if Austin Daboh is running this town in a few years. His career rise so far – from the BBC to Spotify and Apple – has been no less than extraordinary. Now, as EVP at Atlantic UK, he tells us what he wants to fix...
News Jeff Bezos isn’t sure if Twitch pays royalties to artists (it doesn’t) Amazon boss not aware of licensing fallout on his company's livestreaming platform