News Bucks Music Group inks sub-publishing deal with Velvetica Music in France Deal sees companies represent each other in their respective territories
News Warner inks exclusive global distribution deal with children’s entertainment giant Mattel Deal will see WMG's Arts Music division act as the sole distributor of Mattel’s catalog of more than 1,000 songs
Analysis News The music business has so much to learn from Epic Games From online retailing to virtual humans... the Fortnite maker is one step ahead on it all
News Reservoir signs songwriter & producer Keith ‘Ten4’ Sorrells to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to Sorrell’s entire catalog of works including No.1 single I Love Me performed by Demi Lovato and new single Actions by John Legend
News Sarah Pickering and Chris Jones promoted to Co-Heads of sync team at Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK They will report directly to Sony/ATV UK Co-Managing Directors David Ventura and Tim Major
News Merck Mercuriadis has spent over $1 billion on songs in less than 2 years… and he’s about to do it all over again Hipgnosis CEO joins the MBW Podcast to talk deals, ambitions... and industry controversy
News Paradigm exec Dave Curtin joins Songtradr as VP of US Partnerships Executive was formerly the SVP of Licensing and Branded Content at Paradigm Talent Agency
News Mixcloud adds live streaming feature for DJs, artists and audio creators "We are very focused on helping creators generate more income directly from their fans via their live streams."
News Kobalt promotes Chris Lakey to Senior Vice President, Creative Synch Veteran exec worked at Universal Music Publishing Group for eight years prior to joining Kobalt in 2008
News Sonos launches ad-supported radio streaming service, including artist ‘Stations’ from Thom Yorke and David Byrne The new service brings together more than 60,000 stations from multiple streaming partners
News Apple Music expands into 52 (52!) new markets, upping presence in Africa and beyond Apple Music now in more than double the markets in which Spotify operates
Analysis Blog Big Radio Consolidation Spotlights The Need to Update Songwriters’ Rights David Israelite, CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association, on Liberty Media, iHeart and the US consent decrees
News Bucks Music Group signs producer & songwriter Sokari to exclusive worldwide deal Producer and songwriter worked on British rapper Stefflon Don’s debut
News Warner invests in Africa-based music distributor Africori, launching global partnership with ADA Africori has worked with more than 6,500 artists and 700 labels, including majors and indies
News Songtradr offers artists free music distribution until September 30: ‘We’ve been doing what we can, but we need to do more.’ Songtradr previously sacrificed commission fees for sync to help artists hit by COVID-19