News Pieter van Rijn joins the Board of Directors at Downtown Music Holdings Exec is President of the group’s business and professional services division, Downtown Music
News Virgin Music strikes distribution partnership with Position Music Independent publisher, record label and management firm has a catalog of over 35,000 songs
News Music tech company SonoSuite joins Spotify, YouTube, others in ‘Friends of IMPALA’ program Trade body's 'Friends' initiative is designed to facilitate collaboration between companies and the independent music sector
News Universal introduces new ‘music-centric’ wellness app Sollos, strikes partnership with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global Company made the announcements at its first Music + Health conference
News Rachel Jacobson appointed Senior Vice President, Creative Sync at Warner Chappell Music Exec previously served as Head of Sync and Artist Relations for the Paris-based Because Music Group
News $200m-backed Multimedia Music acquires music library of Hollywood film company Millennium Media Multimedia Music says it has deployed over $150m on acquisitions since launching in late 2021
News Japan’s Avex inks YouTube management deal with music tech startup Orfium News follows Orfium's acquisition of Japan-based content company Breaker INC in 2022
News Katy Perry sells music rights to Litmus Music in $220m+ deal Katy Perry has sold a bundle of music rights to $500 million-backed Litmus Music
Interviews Denis Ladegaillerie on AI, streaming royalty models, Believe’s game plan… and more The Believe founder and CEO joins MBW's Tim Ingham on the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast
News Motown songwriting legend Ron Miller’s family in legal fight over royalties Ron Miller is known for having penned a number of Top 10 hits. His songs have been recorded by Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Temptations and even Justin Bieber
News Alison Dannenberg-Frost appointed Vice President, Film & TV Creative at Peermusic Exec joined peermusic in 2014
Interviews How Mewo.io plans to ‘revolutionize’ the sync music sourcing process using its AI-powered music search platform France headquartered Mewo is a catalog management platform with an AI-assisted search engine
News JKBX goes live, featuring listings to reserve shares in royalties from hits by Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and more superstars Song royalties trading platform JKBX is officially live
News Believe says it’s distributed €700 million in royalties in APAC region, as it marks 10th anniversary of expansion into Asia Believe's strategy is to focus on developing local artists in China, India and Southeast Asia.
News Round Hill Music buys Austin-based Rident Royalties, adding 1,000 new clients to Sound Hill neighbouring rights platform News comes shortly after Round Hill's UK-listed fund announced an acquistion approach from Concord