News Hipgnosis strikes partnership with Songclip, a tech platform for integrating licensed music in apps Songclip claims to be the world’s only patented music clip company
Analysis News TikTok parent in talks with labels to launch music streaming service in 12+ new markets – report Sony Music Entertainment recently refused to renew its licensing agreement with Resso, resulting in its catalog being pulled from the service in all three of its current territories
News Eldridge and LVRN Management invest in Fan engagement startup Laylo, bringing total funds raised to over $8m Round also included participation from Third Prime Ventures, LVRN Management and Jonathan Strauss (Create Music Group)
News Muddy Waters Estate signs global admin deal with Sony Music Publishing Catalog includes iconic hits such as Mannish Boy and Rollin’ Stone
News Warner Music acquires stake in Serbian record label, Mascom Records Company acts as Warner Music’s local distributor
News Sound Royalties expands into Canada, with Vanessa Thomas named head of operations for the market Sound Royalties was acquired by Cinq Music Group parent GoDigital Media Group (GDMG) last year
Analysis News From Primary Wave’s $2bn deal to the 100,000 tracks uploaded to streaming services each day… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
Analysis News It’s happened: 100,000 tracks are now being uploaded to streaming services like Spotify each day Figure confirmed by both Universal and Warner bosses – but who, exactly, is it benefitting?
Analysis News Watch out Spotify: Multiple verified ‘TikTok Music’ Twitter accounts hint at pending global launch At least six verified Twitter accounts for ‘TikTok Music’ have popped up for multiple global markets
News Primary Wave strikes $2 billion deal with financial giant Brookfield to acquire music copyrights As part of the deal, Brookfield will acquire a significant minority interest in Primary Wave
Interviews ‘Generally, the more people involved in writing a song, the less personal it gets.’ Per Gessle on how he wrote Roxette's biggest hits but always felt like an outsider
News Ralph W. Peer named Managing Director, peermusic Australia Exec will also continue directing peermusic initiatives as their Vice President of peermusic’s African and Middle East operations
Analysis News Still convinced that TikTok isn’t turning into a record company? ByteDance is hiring for A&R Manager positions in four key North American cities
Analysis News After 10 long years, the handcuffs are coming off Universal Music Group in Europe. In 2012, the European Commission banned UMG from making a wide range of deals in Europe. That ban just expired.
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund secures new $700m debt package, ‘materially’ reducing interest burden on its borrowing Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now looking to fix the rate applied to the majority of its debt