News Warner’s Arts Music inks global partnership with Skyship Entertainment for children’s brand Super Simple Songs Brand has amassed over 24m subscribers on YouTube
News Amazon Music launches new Latin music brand including emerging artist program, merch, podcasts & playlists New global brand launches under the tagline of La Música Que Nos Conecta
Interviews ‘A flood of money into music IP is about to change the music industry forever.’ BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch on catalog vs. hits – and what big money investors want out of music
News Reservoir signs EDM producer Illenium to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to his entire catalog of works
News Island Records and Warner Chappell sign poutyface, discovered via music app Voisey Over 11 millions songs have been recorded on Voisey so far
News Jake Wisely joins Concord Board of Directors, Jim Selby to become Chief Publishing Executive Wisely co-founded Concord in its modern-day guise
Interviews ‘The health of the publishing industry is utterly dependent on there being a vibrant independent sector.’ IMPEL CEO Sarah Williams recaps her first year and half at the organization
Analysis TikTok and Spotify now neck-and-neck for users in Europe – but TikTok’s bigger in the US TikTok now has over 100m MAUs apiece in Europe and the United States
News Hipgnosis becomes a fully-fledged publisher, buying Big Deal Music to form Hipgnosis Songs Group Buyout includes admin platform Words and Music, which will be used to leverage better rates on streaming platforms
News Sony Music reaches $12.7m settlement in artist royalties suit brought by Rick Nelson estate SME agrees to increase future royalties calculated on foreign streaming revenues by 36% for all class members
News Spirit Music Group acquires master recordings of Tim McGraw originally released by Big Machine Deal includes masters for three of McGraw’s albums
News Vevo strikes distribution deal with Australian telco Telstra Deal follows platform's expansion into Australia and New Zealand earlier this year
News Round Hill Music signs Craig David to global publishing deal He has released 23 UK Top 40 singles and nine UK Top 40 albums
News Quincy Jones inks exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music Deal also includes works by several songwriters under the umbrella of Jones’s company
News Ted Cockle and Amy Thomson join Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund Cockle named President of 'Song Management' company; Thomson takes role as Chief Catalogue Officer