News Dolly Parton signs publishing deal with Sony/ATV Deal includes hits such as Jolene and Two Doors Down
News Official: Warner hires Scott Cohen, co-founder of The Orchard, as Chief Innovation Officer, Recorded Music "Scott spots and champions emerging technology with the same level of passion, creativity and ambition that our A&Rs bring to artist development."
News Skint founder Damian Harris returns to iconic UK label as Creative Director Exec's first move will be a rebrand of the label
News Cooking Vinyl invests in production music and sync specialist Motus Music "The synergies of combining two great sync teams and catalogues will greatly benefit Cooking Vinyl Publishing and Motus."
Interviews Why Anghami, with over 1m paying users, doesn’t feel threatened by Spotify in the Middle East Elie Habib, Co-Founder of Anghami, on why the Lebanon-based music streaming company is the leading service in MENA
News SoundCloud launches discounted SoundCloud Go+ service for students Premium subscription for students costs $4.99/€4.99
News Kobalt Music Group is raising the biggest investment round in its history MBW speculates that the new funding raise could be in excess of $100m
News Warner Music eyes stake in Saudi Arabia’s Rotana Music – report The WSJ reports that the stake is 'worth at least tens of millions of dollars'
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