News Grammy-winning songwriter Andrew Watt tests positive for Coronavirus: ‘This is not a joke.’ "To have the mentality, 'I'm young, this can't affect me' is just straight up stupid..."
News Concord hires Jeff Van Driel as General Manager, Global Administration Exec spent 11 years at classical label and distributor Naxos
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 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
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
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 TikTok hires Cyber Security Expert Roland Cloutier as Chief Information Security Officer Cloutier joins with over 30 years of experience in cyber security and law enforcement
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 Marathon Music Group & Tileyard London unveil new round of ‘Music Discovery’ businesses for ‘LABs’ start-up mentoring program Latest cohort includes Musiio, Know What's Loved, MySphera, Remixology and Cyanite
Analysis News Did Germany just overtake the UK as the world’s third biggest recorded music market? BVMI numbers are slightly bigger than UK's for last year – but there's a caveat
News Music publishers and Peloton reach settlement over copyright infringement lawsuit They will also work together to 'further optimize' Peloton’s music licensing systems and processes
News Can AI-driven A&R transform the music business? This patented tech can predict the potential success of new and unknown songs, says HITLAB
News Streaming revenues topped $1bn in Germany for the first time last year, with total recorded music sales up 8.2% Streaming accounted for 55.1% of total revenues