News Pandora’s new Stories feature lets artists create playlists interspersed with voice tracks Pandora Stories is the latest addition to Pandora's Artist Marketing Platform
News Spirit Music Group inks global publishing deal with songwriter & producer Gregg Wattenberg Wattenberg will also sign new talent to the company under his Arcade joint venture
Analysis News Spotify vs. Warner: What’s really going on? The story behind the story of today: Warner suing Spotify, and Spotify calling the major "abusive"
News Spotify slams Warner’s ‘abusive behavior’ in ugly India fallout, accuses major of reneging on agreed deal "WMG’s abusive behavior would harm many non-Warner artists, labels and publishers, and prevent Spotify from competing in the market."
News Shaggy inks worldwide deal with Downtown Music Publishing Shaggy's recent album with Sting won Best Reggae Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards
News Songtradr buys music licensing agency Big Sync Music in multi-million dollar deal The acquisition was a multi-million dollar cash and equity transaction
News SoundCloud is now a distributor: Platform launches tool for users to upload music to Spotify, Apple Music etc. Amazon Music, Apple Music, Instagram, Spotify, Tencent, YouTube Music and more all covered by new tool
News LyricFind expands into Southeast Asia and Middle East The company has opened offices in Morocco and Vietnam
News Top music execs paid close to $200m from EMI sale, with Martin Bandier netting the lion’s share – reports New report suggests Bandier "entitled to around half" the total executive compensation payout related to EMP's sale to Sony
News Warner/Chappell inks publishing deal with musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz Schwartz is the composer of hit musicals Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked
News Beatport & DJcity team up on joint venture music service Beatsource Beatsource will provide a catalog of curated music for open format DJs
News Decca Publishing signs composer and musician Clint Mansell Mansell has scored films such as Moon, Requiem For A Dream and Black Swan
News BMG inks global deal with new frontline label Trojan Jamaica BMG has licensed the name for use from its famed Trojan Records label for the new venture
News TIDAL lets users mute artists and tracks Tracks and artists can be blocked from appearing in My Mix and Artist and Track Radio playlists
News Primary Wave Music Publishing partners with Gaither Music Group Gaither comprises a label, publishing company, video production company and concert tour platform