News Amy Hartman appointed SVP Creative Services at Spirit Music Group Exec joins Spirit from Roc Nation
News Sony Music India inks exclusive deal with award-winning Bollywood composer, Amaal Mallik Mallik will also continue working as a music director on film projects
News BMG expands into live music, buying majority stake in German concert promoter Undercover CEO Hartwig Masuch explained last month that super-fan data was a big reason behind his interest in live
Analysis News Universal Music Group just generated over a billion dollars from streaming in a single quarter… during a global pandemic Vivendi-owned company has already posted over $400m more from streaming in 2020 than it did at the same stage of 2019
News Ex-Paradigm execs launch new agency Arrival Artists, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago & Seattle Principal Agents Include Ali Hedrick, Erik Selz, John Bongiorno, Karl Morse & Ethan Berlin
News Warner Music’s ADA expands into Japan Local ADA team will be led by respected executive Kaz Aida, who joins from Universal Music
News Snapchat launches music feature to rival TikTok Company has multi-year deals with a number of major and independent publishers & labels
News Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams generated over 36m global streams in the last two weeks following viral TikTok video, confirms Warner Music Group Classic track exploded after a video from TikTok star Nathan Apodaca went viral
News TuneCore has paid indie artists over $2bn to date – and is now paying them over $400m per year Fresh statistics shine a light on the growth of one of DIY distribution's biggest names
News Apple launches $99 HomePod mini smartspeaker “HomePod mini has everything customers want in a smart speaker," claims Apple.
Interviews FuturePulse just launched a music forecasting platform – but needs the industry’s help How EU-backed public research project FuturePulse is aiming to build the music industry forecasting tech of tomorrow
News TikTok inks multi-year licensing deal with Dutch collecting Society Buma/Stemra Buma/Stemra’s members include Dutch EDM stars like Tiësto and Martin Garrix
News Pro Music Rights sues supermarket giant Meijer for alleged non-payment of public performance license fees Lawsuit was filed in a Florida court last week
News Soundtrack Your Brand renews global licensing deal with Warner Music, launches new on-demand streaming service for businesses New on-demand service enables businesses to jump, skip and replay tracks