News Universal’s new $1.2bn Mississippi hotel to be completed in 2023, with 12,000-cap venue, holograms and virtual reality entertainment UMUSIC Broadwater will also have a 12,000-cap music venue
News Paradigm Agency awarded $1.2m from the UK’s Culture Recovery Fund Firm was named in first round of recipients of funds from support package
News TuneCore has paid indie artists over $2bn to date – and is now paying them over $400m per year Fresh statistics shine a light on the growth of one of DIY distribution's biggest names
Interviews Guy Moot on A&R, Warner Chappell… and ‘signing real quality’ Guy Moot has been global CEO of Warner Chappell for 18 months. Fresh from hiring a new head of the UK, Moot tells his story, then and now…
News Round Hill set to IPO new fund on London Stock Exchange next month, raising $375m Josh Gruss-led company intends to launch a new fund in London next month
News TuneCore partners with Spotify rival Gaana in India Gaana announced in August that it had surpassed 185m monthly active users
News Twitch called out for alleged culture of racism, sexism and abuse "It took place in the office. At events. In meetings and behind closed doors. It was rampant and unavoidable".
News Sony and Tencent’s JV label, Liquid State, hires Victor Lee as its new Managing Director Exec will work with artists including R3HAB and billion-stream Chinese producer CORSAK
News Sony/ATV and Sony Music Masterworks Partner to Launch HyperBrawl Tournament Video Game Soundtrack Joint creative effort reflects the One Sony initiative
News Paul Firth named Amazon Music’s Director of International, as Jillian Gerngross steps up to Director of Europe "I'm thrilled to now see Jillian lead this incredible team," says Firth
News Sony’s The Orchard partners with Sony/ATV to offer publishing services Harry Nach, Kiddtetoon, G Herbo and Summer Salt among the first to use The Orchard’s publishing services
News Award-winning songwriter David Hodges sells copyrights to Kobalt Capital’s fund Hodges also continues long-time partnership with Kobalt Music Publishing for future works
News David Guetta joins $100m-backed VR platform Sensorium Galaxy Guetta to create a series of exclusive performances in Sensorium
Interviews ‘The pandemic has shown our industry at its best, coming together to help those in need.’ PPL CEO Peter Leathem discusses opportunities in the global royalty collection sector and how the music licensing company's operations were impacted this year...
News Twitch, still unlicensed by majors, launches rights-cleared music via deals with indie distributors and labels Soundtrack by Twitch will have more than a million tracks available from over 30 music companies