News HYBE says it ‘has been considering the acquisition of SM Entertainment for a long time’ as it launches campaign to win support from SM shareholders HYBE says campaign was developed "to protect shareholder value from inappropriate actions by the current management at SM".
News Shamal Ranasinghe appointed Chief Business Officer at Web3 music streaming platform Audius Exec joins Audius from SiriusXM/Pandora
News TIDAL axes Direct Artist Payouts ‘experiment’ to redirect funding to emerging talent program TIDAL RISING $500,000 has been paid out via the program since November 2021
Analysis News Deezer generated over $470m in 2022, with a $175m operating loss, and just named Stu Bergen as a Director on its Board Deezer posts 10.6% YoY rise in overall revenues for 2022 at constant currency
News Spotify rival Anghami sued by PopArabia, Reservoir over allegedly streaming unlicensed songs Lawsuit was filed in December
News US sets 30-day deadline to delete TikTok from federal devices as Canada also follows European Commission ban US and Canada have followed the European Commission in banning the use of ByteDance-owned TikTok from employees devices
Analysis Blog Why a US legal ruling over an AI-generated cartoon has major implications for music’s future. AI legal expert Barry Scannell, analyzes a new decision in the US that could have consequences for the future
Analysis News NetEase Cloud Music now counts over 611,000 registered independent artists NCM had 38.3 million monthly paying users at the end of 2022
News HYBE says it ‘can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s major record labels’ as it secures stake in rival SM Entertainment HYBE completes deal to acquire 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment
Analysis News After buying BandCamp, Epic Games pushes indie artists to millions of Fortnite players in curated radio station Epic Games acquired Bandcamp in March 2022
News Jack Melhuish upped to GM at Warner’s Parlophone Records, as part of series of promotions and hires Warner Music Group's UK-based Parlophone Records has made a number of key promotions and hires
Analysis News As HYBE eyes a $900m stake in K-pop rival, SM Entertainment slams BTS company’s ‘hostile takeover attempt’ SM Entertainment CFO Jang Cheol Hyuk argues that HYBE's takeover bid would lead to the latter company's monopolization of the K-Pop industry
News Amid rising regulatory pressure, TikTok amasses 150m+ users in Europe, plans two more data centers TikTok has amassed more than 150 million users across Europe
News Amazon Music strikes playlist partnership with generative AI music company Endel Endel raised $15m in a series B funding round last year
Interviews ‘If there’s something big happening with a record, there’s most likely a story to be told at radio.’ Propeller MD Tom Rose on the company's history, the challenges of cracking the European radio market, and the value that the format brings to artist development in a streaming-led world...