News Warner Music India inks exclusive strategic partnership with entertainment firm JetSynthesys JetSynthesys’ Global Music Junction has 2.26m YouTube subscribers
News UK-based Voly launches new financial management software and payment platform for the music industry Neil Rodford, te Founder and former CEO of YMU, has been appointed to the Voly board
News Paul Stuart joins Utopia Music as Chief Legal Officer He joins Utopia from Soundtrack Your Brand (previously Spotify Business)
News Fortnite maker Epic Games and Warner Music join $7m funding round for music licensing platform Lickd Lickd is a service for video creators to access claims-free commercial music
News Mary Ghobrial joins Anghami as Chief Operating and Strategy Officer Exec is the former Amazon Director Marketplace Expansion and ex-CCO of SOUQ.com
News CTS EVENTIM expands into North America EVENTIM says its goal is "to establish an alternative to the dominant providers in the US and Canada"
News Ticketing platform DICE raises $122m in Series C funding Round was led by new investor, SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Interviews ‘100 die hard fans are just as powerful as somebody with 100 million followers on Instagram.’ Fave founder Jacquelle Amankonah Horton on the world of internet fandom and how her platform has attracted two of music’s biggest fan communities
News Warner Music Group-backed blockchain firm Dapper Labs raises $250m in new funding WMG joined an $11m investment round in Dapper Labs in September 2019
News Vanessa French joins SoundExchange as Vice President of Communications and Content Strategy French will oversee SoundExchange’s communications team
News Twitch strikes deal with music publishers According to the NMPA, Twitch will provide "new opportunities" to music publishers
Analysis Blog Merck Mercuriadis: ‘None of us should be able to sleep in good conscience at night until the true value of the songwriters’ contributions to this business are recognized.’ Merck Mercuriadis responds to criticism of his views regarding the major record companies and publishers
News Songtradr enters wellness space, partners with music for wellbeing label Myndstream Songtradr has partnered with the mindfulness music label for sync services across the platform
News FUGA rolls out spatial audio support and automated delivery to Apple Music FUGA is a Preferred Plus partner on Apple Music
News Martin Bandier, SESAC’s John Josephson, and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures join $5m funding round for blockchain streaming service Audius The Chainsmokers, Nas, Jason Derulo and Pusha T also invest in platform