News Sony Music Germany acquires stake in children’s entertainment brand Tiger Media International Tiger Media offers its own streaming service called TIGERTONES, and has also developed a speaker box and touchscreen, called the TIGERBOX
News Germany’s recorded music revenues topped $1bn in H1 2021, up 12.4% YoY Digital's overall share of sales now stands at 78.6% of the market, while vinyl sales grew 49.5% in the first six months of 2021
Interviews ‘The kinship that you create throughout your music career is not something you get in a nine to five office job.’ Storme Whitby-Grubb, recently named Chief Creative Officer at Red Bull Records, discusses her career to date, lessons learned and ambitions in her new role
Analysis News Sony’s recorded music revenues jumped by $451m YoY in calendar Q2, as streaming revenues rose 50.2% Streaming revenues brush the billion-dollar mark in standout quarter for Rob Stringer's operation
Blog How future proof is the current evaluation of music copyrights? Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel on the future of the music industry…
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide expands into Italy and Russia Company has also made several key hires across Central Europe, India, and Latin America
News Livestream startup LiveControl raises $30m in Series A round New round brings LiveControl's total funding to $33m
News Travis Barker signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Agreement is an exclusive worldwide administration deal
News Reservoir acquires minority stake in China-based Outdustry and forms JV to acquire local music catalogs New investment builds on an existing sub-publishing partnership announced in June 2020
News ADA Asia and Warner Music partner with Vietnamese entertainment firm Yin Yang Media Warner Music Vietnam opened for business in Ho Chi Minh City in April 2020
News Rob Jonas named CEO of trends and analytics platform P-MRC Data P-MRC Data brings together MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music), Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence
Analysis Blog What would it really take to decentralize the music industry? Revelator CEO and Founder Bruno Guez outlines what it would take to fully decentralize music
News HITCO-backed fan funding firm Corite to launch blockchain platform, closes US $2.2m pre-sale for $CO token $CO will serve as the native currency of the platform
News TikTok was the most downloaded and highest grossing non-game app worldwide in H1 2021 App reached nearly 383m first-time installs and approximately $919.2m in consumer spending in H1 2021
News Could this technology, built by a Grammy-winning producer, blow up music’s ‘black box’ once and for all? SonicData believes its watermarking technology solves music's metadata problems