News Scooter Braun-led Ithaca Holdings acquires and partners with Richard Stumpf’s Atlas Music Publishing Atlas will continue to do business out of its established New York, Los Angeles and Nashville offices
News Gobal’s DAX to be Slacker Radio’s exclusive US audio sales partner Slacker Radio was acquired by LiveXLive Media for $50m in 2017
News Deezer appoints Tarek Mounir as CEO of MENA Mounir joins Deezer from international broadcast media company Turner
News Sony/ATV signs global deal with Can’t Get You Out Of My Head songwriter Cathy Dennis The agreement extends Sony/ATV’s representation of her classic songs
News Big Deal Music Group signs JV deal with Diplo’s Mad Decent Publishing Big Deal will administer songs for Mad Decent and the two companies will join forces to sign new talent
News EMPIRE hires Amir Abbassy in Content role and Peter Kadin as VP of Marketing Company will soon release music from Iggy Azalea and Robin Thicke
News Spotify didn’t launch in India today after all… and still doesn’t have major label approval to do so Spotify's proposed average ad-funded rate in India will sit at less than $0.0005 per-play
News Universal parent Vivendi buys book publishing company Editis in $1bn deal "This acquisition is a logical step in the building of a large content, media and communications group. It also marks the return of this French publishing powerhouse to a European group with a global reach."
News Cooking Vinyl Publishing signs joint venture deal with Sound Collective Sound Collective currently manages over 15 songwriters and producers
News Kobalt signs deal with estate of rock and blues legend Gregg Allman This is the first change in administration for the catalog in more than 15 years
Analysis Seven startups Spotify should (try to) buy to better serve artists Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies
Interviews ‘My challenge to myself is: make sure you’re writing with people who make you better.’ World's Greatest Songwriters: Tayla Parx
News The four types of music subscription models in 2019 What music fans are spending money on every month – and how it's going to evolve
News Kobalt signs Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA to global publishing deal Anuel AA is best known for spearheading the Latin trap movement
News Kanye West sues Universal, EMI Music Publishing in apparent bid to exit deals Is artist attempting to get his rights back from major music companies?