News Warner Chappell & Transgressive sign worldwide publishing deal with British hip-hop artist Loyle Carner His album, Not Waving, But Drowning, reached No.3 in the UK Album Chart last year
Analysis News As Round Hill sues TuneCore for $33m, could war break out between publishers and indie distributors? Could Richard Busch's latest industry lawsuit inspire other indie publishers to take legal action?
Analysis News COVID-19 is hurting Universal Music Group’s revenues – but proving its profitability Why a quieter release slate at UMG – temporarily – might end up pleasing Tencent and its consortium
Analysis News Spotify thinks the Top 40 is over (and other key takeaways from its Q2 results) What we learned about Premium subs around the world, that Universal deal and SPOT's advertising woes
News Indie artists can now distribute Dolby Atmos music to Amazon & TIDAL, via distro service AvidPlay AvidPlay is the first DIY distribution service to support Dolby Atmos Music
News Kobalt signs worldwide publishing deal with the McCoy Tyner Estate Deal includes administration and sync services for jazz pianist's entire catalog
News Marathon Music Group launches New Soil, a jazz division headed up by Federico Bolza Bolza is a former Sony Music VP of Strategy
News Germany’s Budde Music inks JV with UK publisher Karma Songs First signing to the JV is singer/songwriter Nick Bradley
News BMG to make diversity of exec hires a key objective for company’s managers BMG's Hartwig Masuch has outlined action to be taken by the company to address racial inequality
Interviews ‘I turn my hurt into gas, into fuel, to keep going and working harder.’ Poo Bear talks about Justin Bieber, issues of race in music – and why he wants to see labels hire people who've made hits
Analysis Blog Songwriters Deserve Freedom NMPA President David Israelite on a historic opportunity for modern US lawmakers to shift power away from Big Tech – and towards songwriters
News Jill Weindorf promoted to GM, Concord Recorded Music Weindorf's career at Concord spans over 10 years
News Hipgnosis’ spending stash grows to nearly $700m, as firm extends debt facility Credit facility extended to $400m, as Hipgnosis readies another acquisition spree
News Mr Eazi launches the Africa Music Fund to provide direct financial support for African artists Fund is raising $20m in its initial investment round
News Concord Music Publishing applauds ‘unstoppable force’ of PULSE Music Group, as pop publisher racks up US hits Concord's Jake Wisely says "Pulse is absolutely crushing it"