News Kobalt signs legendary singer-songwriter and keyboardist Michael McDonald McDonald’s solo hits include I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) and Sweet Freedom
News Universal to develop premium original podcasts in partnership with independent publisher Wondery Podcasts produced under the agreement will be available globally
News Amazon’s free Spotify rival is ‘imminent’, licensed by major labels "The music industry seems to be in a good place with Amazon and Apple right now – but less so with Spotify."
News VNUE and Pro Music Rights team up on new music licensing model Pro Music Rights is a privately funded for-profit PRO founded by Jake P. Noch
News Amazon to launch ad-supported music service to rival Spotify – report Service could launch this week
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund raises another $185m HSFL's total lifetime raise now sits at just under £350m (approximately $450m)
News Entertainment One to buy UK’s Audio Network in $215m deal 'eOne’s capabilities across Music will be significantly bolstered by Audio Network’s impressive scale and roster of artists, composers and catalogue.'
News Concord Music Publishing strikes JV with Kanye West collaborator Noah Goldstein Concord has also signed a deal to represent his full catalog and future works
News Bucks Music Management signs writer and producer Duck Blackwell Writer and producer has recently worked with Louis Tomlinson and Armin Van Buuren
News Virtual DJ users can now stream and mix music directly from SoundCloud with new integration Integration enables creators to stream and mix music from SoundCloud’s catalog
News Universal Music Group sale to Google ‘would be blocked’, says IMPALA Sale of UMG to Google would be blocked "because of the impact in both the digital market and the music sector," says IMPALA
News Record labels want TikTok owner ByteDance ‘to pay them hundreds of millions of dollars’ – report ByteDance is currently valued at around $75bn
News Universal becomes first major to license Nigeria-based music streaming service, uduX uduX is Nigeria’s first domestically launched music streaming service
News Reservoir launches Nashville office, hires John Ozier as Executive Vice President of Creative Ozier joins Reservoir following a six-year tenure at olé
News Warner/Chappell Music officially reveals new leadership duo of Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall Execs will report to Warner Music Group CEO, Steve Cooper