Analysis After Spotify and Universal, could Tencent buy its way even further into the music business? Will $430bn-valued Tencent want a piece of Sony, Warner, BMG or Kobalt?
News As predicted, Amazon launches $15-per-month hi-def music streaming service, Amazon Music HD “Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses," says Neil Young
News Sony/ATV signs Rihanna to worldwide publishing deal Agreement covers superstar’s entire song catalog and future works
News Quincy Jones teams with Atlas Music Publishing for joint venture 'We're looking forward to creating a publishing community filled with only the best of the best songs AND human beings.'
News Warner Records enters JV with Masked Records, formed by Masked Gorilla founder Roger Gengo Joint venture's first signing is breakout artist 2KBABY
News Sony/ATV extends deal with Grammy-winning songwriter Boi-1da Songwriter has penned hits for superstars including Drake, Rihanna, Eminem, Cardi B
News Jammber acquires TuneRegistry to expand music rights and royalty administration capabilities TuneRegistry co-founder and CEO Dae Bogan joins Jammber as its Senior Vice President of Global Music Rights
News peermusic UK signs the Prodigy’s Maxim Reality to exclusive global publishing deal 'He’s a living legend, and he’s got many incredible chapters ahead of him.'
News Alibaba to acquire 20% of NetEase Cloud Music, say sources (UPDATE) Major league deal will take on Tencent Music Entertainment, owner of QQ Music, Kuwo and KuGou
News Is Artificial Intelligence about to transform the sync industry? Deal struck between Audio Network and Singapore-based Musiio
News Music launches on Facebook and Instagram across 15 countries in Latin America Additional countries are Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Uruguay, Paraguay, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Panama and Nicaragua
News Alicia Keys signs with Universal Music Publishing Group UMPG to globally administer rights to Alicia Keys’ iconic song catalog
News Frank Briegmann at Universal Inside 2019: ‘We want the entire ecosystem of the music industry to grow with us’ Universal artists generated a total of 19.5bn streams in Germany in the first eight months of 2019
News Allen Kovac urges indies not to ‘drink the major label Kool-Aid’ as he collects AIM Innovator Award "We develop artists. Majors manufacture them. Don't play their game, and thank you."
News EMPIRE launches Nashville division, hires Eric Hurt as VP of A&R Hurt will report directly to CEO/Founder Ghazi Shami