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
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