News Warner’s ADA Asia inks deal with Indonesia-based DPM, one of the country’s largest music companies DPM is home to a collective of 21 independent record labels
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News Soundtrack Your Brand renews global licensing deal with Warner Music, launches new on-demand streaming service for businesses New on-demand service enables businesses to jump, skip and replay tracks
News Downtown ‘exploring strategic options’ with Raine Group – including possible sale MBW confirms that New York-based company is exploring a range of options for its future ownership
News Round Hill set to IPO new fund on London Stock Exchange next month, raising $375m Josh Gruss-led company intends to launch a new fund in London next month
News Universal signs Richard Ashcroft to global music publishing admin deal "It’s so good to be reunited with him and his wonderful catalog of songs all these years later," says UMPG's UK boss, Mike McCormack
News Kobalt extends worldwide deal with Franchise producer Teddy Walton Walton has worked with artists including Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Bryson Tiller, Drake, Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle and others
News BMG eliminates ‘poisonous’ Controlled Composition clauses from its US record contracts BMG will refrain applying the reductions to any new record deals – and remove them from its entire catalog
News Round Hill Music signs publishing deal with Keith Sweat Back catalog and new music included in global admin agreement
News Ingrooves expands into Spain, appoints Antón Suárez as Country Manager and signs record label Mushroom Pillow to global deal Suárez has previously worked for companies such as Altafonte and Ditto Music
News Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and Solange, joins African music streaming startup MePlaylist as President, Global Marketing and Communications Appointment follows his investment in the startup earlier this year
News Sony’s The Orchard partners with Sony/ATV to offer publishing services Harry Nach, Kiddtetoon, G Herbo and Summer Salt among the first to use The Orchard’s publishing services
News Award-winning songwriter David Hodges sells copyrights to Kobalt Capital’s fund Hodges also continues long-time partnership with Kobalt Music Publishing for future works
News BMG Production Music makes several promotions and new hires in the UK and US Scott Doran, Caspar Kedros and Sam Delves promoted to Senior Global Creative roles
News Triller inks multi-territory licensing deal with ICE Deal for the musical works represented by the ICE Core