News AWAL renews worldwide partnership with British rapper Little Simz Mercury prize-nominated artist to debut new album in 2021
News Kobalt wins ASCAP Pop Music Publisher Of The Year Award Company secured this year's award with 22 of the most-performed pop music songs
News Sony/ATV expands in India, appoints Dinraj Shetty as Director for the market He will also continue to serve as Director, Licensing at Sony Music
News Spotify’s legal chief claims Apple ‘intentionally designed a system rigged in their favor’ European Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into Apple's App Store rules
News Apple faces anti-trust investigation over App Store rules in Europe 'We need to ensure that Apple's rules do not distort competition in markets where Apple is competing with other app developers.'
News Maria Egan, Pulse Music Group’s former President & Head of Creative, joins Splice as Chief Music Officer Egan will oversee all aspects of the company's engagement with the creative community and wider music industry
News Tencent buys $200m+ stake in Warner Music Group (update) The tangled web of music industry ownership just got a bit more complicated
News YouTube launches $100m fund dedicated to amplifying and developing the voices of Black creators and artists YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced the fund in a letter to the platform's users
News Strictly Confidential signs Ghostpoet; partners with Ugandan labels Nyege Nyege Tapes & Hakuna Kulala on publishing divisions Ghostpoet has received two Mercury Prize nominations
News TIDAL now officially a suspect in Norwegian data fraud investigation Norway's equivalent of the FBI seizes documents that contain "business and operating secrets"
Interviews Spotify now allows ‘tipping’. But are fan investments a better way for artists to make money from their audience? Mattias Tengblad, co-founder of Corite, joins the MBW Podcast to talk fan investment and the future
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment inks global deal with video steaming firm Kiswe, whose tech is used by the NBA, MLS and PGA Tour First collaborative project is a multi-view live streamed event on June 14
News Twitch users face potential channel bans following platform’s ‘sudden influx of DMCA music takedown requests’ "This is the first time we have received mass DMCA claims against clips. We understand this has been stressful for affected creators and are working on solutions, including examining how we can give you more control over your clips."
News Republic Records dumps the word ‘urban’ from its company vocabulary Management company Milk & Honey 'eliminated' word from its company dealings yesterday
News Apple services bundle in development, suggests IOS 13.5.5 beta code (report) 9to5Mac reports to have uncovered references to services bundle in IOS code