News Swedish audio firm Dirac raises $17.7m, bringing company valuation to $142m Dirac's audio solutions are used by brands such as Bentley, Rolls Royce, BMW and Volvo
News YouTube says it paid the music industry over $4bn in the last 12 months Lyor Cohen wants to topple Spotify as the music biz's No.1 biggest royalty payer
News Twitch ‘disappointed’ with music publishing industry as it’s hit with 1,000 copyright infringement claims Twitch told its users on Friday (May 28) that it's been sent a "batch" of new take down notifications
News Ditto’s Opulous platform partners with Binance for exclusive NFTs from Lil Yachty, Kyle and other artists Binance's new NFT marketplace launches on June 24
Interviews ‘In some ways, I think the label model as we know it is dead.’ How French company Throne Music plans to sign, innovate and partner its way to success in the States
News German promoter FKP Scorpio makes raft of new hires in the UK FKP Scorpio UK office launched late last year
News Triller, February 5: ‘We don’t need Universal Music Group.’ Triller, May 20: ‘We’re pleased to announce our renewed agreement with UMG.’ Rights-holder and rights-user kiss and make up three months after textual fisticuffs
Interviews ‘The basic dynamic between streaming services, artists and labels is still not what it needs to be.’ Jimmy Iovine tells us what he would do if he was running a major record company today.
News Zara Larsson to host album launch event and virtual ‘Dance Party’ on Roblox Ava Max and Lil Nas X have also performed on the Roblox platform
News Warner builds presence in Africa, striking deal with WCB-Wasafi and Diamond Platnumz The deal is described by Warner Music as an exclusive distribution deal with upstreaming
News TuneCore, which paid out $412m to artists last year, appoints Becky Sebber as CFO Sebber moves to TuneCore from Conde Nast Entertainment
News Sony Music inks new licensing deals with Tencent Music and NetEase in China News comes after Universal and Sony both agreed new multi-year licensing deals in China
Analysis Blog The music industry just took a backwards step on streaming pricing… in glorious HD Why Amazon and Apple's latest announcements bear the hallmarks of an own goal for music rightsholders
Analysis Blog Unearthing the music industry’s buried treasure Chris Sheehan, founder of Karousel Music's Buried Treasure, on why re-energizing the past could unlock huge potential for the music industry
News Dan Rutman appointed Director, US & Canada at TuneCore Rutman is the founder of Solitaire Recordings