Interviews ‘As soon as you enter the stupid deal business, you risk all of your deals becoming stupid.’ Believe’s Denis Ladegaillerie envisions a bright, bold future for the UK market. Trigger warning: major record labels might not completely love it...
News Round Hill Music signs 4 Horsemen Music to global publishing deal Writer collective has worked with Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts and Shinedown
Interviews Reaching over 70m fans, UK’s Bytesized Talent looks to ‘help labels form longer-term relationships with influencers’ Fanbytes' CEO, Timothy Armoo, explains how his firm can take a "full 360 approach to marketing" for its clients.
News Concord raises another $600m via J.P. Morgan-placed debt offering New offering provides Concord with access to over $1bn of debt financing in total
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
Analysis News Why Warner Music Group just paid $85m for a company that makes Instagram memes What's behind the major's surprise buyout of IMGN Media?
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