News Rap battle league King of the Dot inks global partnership with Twitch King of the Dot will offer free access to all of its battles for subscribers
News Jiosaavn is paying indie artists advances via new distribution option, AO Labs Artists will be chosen by direct referral or an online demo submission email
News Island Records and Warner Chappell sign poutyface, discovered via music app Voisey Over 11 millions songs have been recorded on Voisey so far
News New Spotify patent sheds more light on potential karaoke mode – including auto-tuned vocals "Users sometimes desire to sing along with the media being played," says patent which was granted earlier this month
News EMPIRE vows to ‘revolutionize’ music publishing via new division led by Al ‘Butter’ McLean and Vinny Kumar "Our development team has worked tirelessly to build a proprietary system to bring transparency and accountability to the publishing industry," says Ghazi Shami
News Music streaming revenues on course to grow by over $1bn in the US in 2020, despite everything Total streaming revenues were up by $512.3m in first six months of 2020 versus H1 2019.
News Songtradr invests $1m in music credit resource Jaxsta, inks exclusive partnership 'This partnership highlights the significant opportunities that exist in solving the data-centric challenges faced by the music industry.'
Interviews ‘Major labels have best-in-class structures – but they also have a mass of repertoire.’ How Motion Agency helps major and indie labels to get media attention for artists in multiple international territories
Interviews ‘With music, you can’t be afraid to take risks.’ They’re two of the most successful British music execs in history – and they don’t do interviews...
News Downtown signs deal to represent Wu-Tang Clan publishing catalog 'Wu-Tang Clan isn’t just one of hip-hop’s most influential groups, it’s an iconic institution in every sense of the word.'
News Ted Cockle and Amy Thomson join Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund Cockle named President of 'Song Management' company; Thomson takes role as Chief Catalogue Officer
Analysis Blog DJ’ing Through the Pandemic: How the Electronic Dance Community is Leading the Industry into Livestreaming Beatport CEO, Robb McDaniels, on how the electronic music community is pushing a valuable new income stream for the business forward
News Harry Fox rival Music Reports acquired by private equity firm MidOcean Partners Co-founder Douglas Brainin vacates his role as the company's CEO, succeeded by Dhruv Prasad
Blog ‘This generation have a much bigger view. More than a scene defined by a set of stylistic signifiers, they are a music community rooted in shared values.’ Federico Bolza, former Sony VP of Strategy, and now Director of jazz label New Soil on the evolution of the genre in the UK
News eMusic partners with 7digital to launch virtual concert platform, eMusicLive 'For the first time, livestream can be a primary source of income for artists.'