News Indie music publishers saw revenues grow 5.1% to $2.9bn in 2024: IMPF The IMPF is raising the alarm about the risk of AI to songwriters' and music publishers' income
News Create Music Group acquires UK dance label Cr2 The deal brings Cr2 Records, MBMB Publishing, and music education platform Sample Tools by Cr2 under CMG’s ownership.
Interviews Craig Kallman on signing ‘uncategorizable’ artists, reimagining Big Beat, and his new role as WMG’s Chief Music Officer Veteran A&R executive discusses his new role as Chief Music Officer at Warner Music Group
News BMG renews, expands global publishing deal with TikTok The expanded deal includes enhanced reporting and attribution standards for digital platforms
News Saregama invests $36m in Bollywood studio Bhansali Productions, secures exclusive music rights for future films India's oldest music label has the option to increase its stake in the studio to 51% by 2030.
News Djo and Finn Wolfhard see music streams spike after Stranger Things 5 Netflix debut Finn Wolfhard and Joe Keery, who releases music as Djo, saw their streams rise after the Stranger Things' return
News Realize Music, with Tuned Global as strategic partner, launches ‘Sing’ VR game with 1m+ licensed tracks The platform features licensed tracks from Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Beggars Group
News Beggars Group has acquired majority ownership of XL Recordings, documents show UK-headquartered indie music company Beggars Group has been the majority owner of XL Recordings since October 2024
News Dionne Warwick sued by rights company over royalties from Doja Cat sample deal Artists Rights Enforcement claimed the singer tried to cut off payments under agreements they struck since 2002.
News Warner India’s Divo names Sony veteran Ashok Parwani as Head of Music Parwani spent two decades at Sony Music India, where he helped build the company’s southern India operations.
News Alain Lanceron named Chairman Emeritus of Warner Classics & Erato as David Bither expands role to head up WMG’s classical labels Markus Petersen, currently SVP Global Operations & Business Development, Classics, is being promoted to the new role of Executive VP & General Manager, Warner Classics.
News Digital music collection society amra overhauls client portal with real-time data access The revamped Revenue Dashboard has shifted revenue updates to weekly refreshes from the previous quarterly schedule.
News Pro Music Rights says it’s ‘exploring legal action’ in response to Congressman letter calling for FTC investigation US Representative Scott Fitzgerald's requested a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the PRO's business practices.
News Warner Chappell Music unifies global sync operations under Rich Robinson Robinson will also take oversight of Warner Chappell’s Audio Asset division
News Congressman asks FTC to investigate AllTrack and Pro Music Rights Fitzgerald’s letter focuses on claims that both PROs may be misrepresenting the scope of their music rights portfolios.