News Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma is go: Eldridge and Apple-financed firm acquires Vydia, hires Ike Youssef, Ben Cook Former Apple exec's new company inks deals with Snoop Dogg and other major artists for launch
News British MP slams TikTok’s Australia music test, says app is ‘silencing creators in favour of its own self-interests’ Conservative MP Damian Collins criticises TikTok in an op-ed written for The Telegraph
News Jennifer Blakeman joins Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music as Chief Rights & Royalties Officer Exec joins Seeker from her previous role as President and CCO of boutique music publisher one77 Music
News Patrick Moxey’s Ultra International Music Publishing launches Hidden Gem joint venture with producer Diamond Pistols Company announces collaboration with Los Angeles-based producer
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Jérémy Erlich Spotify's Global Head of Music on the songs that have soundtracked his existence
News Rough Trade Publishing inks global deal with Utopia-owned Sentric Deal comes a year after Sentric Music Group was acquired by Switzerland-headquartered fintech company Utopia Music
News Manan Vohra upped to Chief Technology Officer at Downtown, alongside series of exec promotions Manan Vohra promoted to Chief Technology Officer role, Harmen Hemminga named VP of Product and Services Strategy, Gareth Mellor now VP, Global Marketing and Communications for Downtown Music Holdings
News Milk & Honey signs trio of new clients, all songwriter/producers behind chart hits: JHart, The Elements, and Alexis Kesselman M&H founder, Lucas Keller, calls JHart "one of the greatest songwriters and voices in the business"
News Shamal Ranasinghe appointed Chief Business Officer at Web3 music streaming platform Audius Exec joins Audius from SiriusXM/Pandora
Analysis News Scooter Braun and HYBE want to build a ‘major’ music label. How will their $300m bet on Quality Control play into that aim? An in-depth look at the biggest music industry deal of 2023 so far
News Tuned Global acquires AI-powered music tech and DJ app company Pacemaker Pacemaker holds several patents for its proprietary AI technology
News Lyric Capital raises over $800m to buy music rights Lyric says that it exceeded its funding target, with 'support from a diverse group of new and existing institutional investors'.
Analysis News The MLC has distributed $1 billion to songwriters to date Organization directly distributed more than $532.3 million in royalties to its members in 2022
News After securing $100m to buy film and TV music rights, Cutting Edge forms strategic venture with Village Roadshow Entertainment Deal covers all of VREG's past and future music publishing assets, soundtrack album releases and music supervision services
News After partnering with Warner last year, pre-cleared music for games platform STYNGR inks licensing deal with ICE Services STYNGR offers pre-cleared music for games and the metaverse