News As concert income drops, could fan investments create a new revenue stream for artists? Swiss Estus AG invests $1.7m in Austrian fan-funding startup Global Rockstar
News Tencent Music generated over $1bn from online music last year, ending 2019 with 39.9m paying users TME generated $514m from paying online music subscribers in the year
News Raine Group forecasts that independent artist sector will earn over $2bn this year Merchant bank says 'DIY' artist income, specifically, will jump by 27% to $1.22 billion in 2020
News Amazon Music opens up streaming data with Amazon Music For Artists app App gives artists access to near-real-time streaming data, providing artists with the latest streaming data across their entire catalog
News Apple inks new deals with Universal, Sony and Warner for music streaming Deal does not include license for Apple Music and TV bundle
Interviews What’s it like to be a music company in the middle of the Coronavirus lockdown in Italy? Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante on life and business under Coronavirus lockdown in Italy
Analysis News Tencent Music isn’t actually a Chinese company. Why should the global music business care? Why the company's Cayman Islands setup should be closely scrutinized by music's biggest players
News Pro Music Rights sues ‘the entire music industry’ for allegedly ‘running an illegal cartel’ Lawsuit was filed in Connecticut federal court Monday (March 9)
News TikTok launches ‘Transparency Center’ – but the NMPA blasts service for ‘not using music legally’ New facility to allow 'outside experts' to see how the platform moderate content on the platform
News TuneCore & Believe launch new hip hop and R&B artist services brand, PIVTL Projects First artist signings are Joey Trap and Elliott Trent
Analysis Blog How to deal with a Coronavirus-hit music business: ‘It’s not fair’ is not a strategy. What happens if there is a crisis?
News Kobalt signs neighboring rights deal with Secretly Distribution Deal includes recordings by Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Crumb, Mitski, TV On the Radio and others
News Warner Music India launches, headed by ex-Sony exec Jay Mehta Mehta served as Sony Music's Director of Digital Business for several years
Analysis News An acquisition you should care about: Pex buys music rights platform Dubset in $25m+ deal "This acquisition will immediately expand rights holders’ abilities to locate, protect, and monetize use of their catalog"
News Modern Sky launches UK management division; client the Lathums ink multi-album, seven figure deal with Island Company now operates across records, publishing, live, video and management