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
News London’s V&A Museum acquires David Bowie archive with £10m donation from Blavatnik Family Foundation, Warner Music Archive covers more than 80,000 items from Bowie’s six-decade career
News Tuned Global inks deal to provide yoga and fitness giant Lululemon with licensed music for Lululemon Studio White label app solution enables instructors to search for music via filters based on criteria such as BPM, key, genre, and other variables
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s recorded music generated more money globally than any other artist in 2022 MBW explains why Bad Bunny didn't make the Top 3 - despite having the biggest streaming album by far in the US last year
News Marcus Wise named Chief Executive Officer for Europe at Wise Music Group He was previously Global Head of Media
News George Harrison’s solo recordings move to Dark Horse Records/BMG, bringing his publishing and recorded music under one roof While Dark Horse Records/BMG administers the music publishing of George Harrison, it will now also serve as his label home
News Deezer strikes long-term partnership with speaker maker Sonos to power Sonos Radio globally Sonos launched its ad-supported radio streaming service in 2020