News Apple Music Classical streaming app officially launches App is now available worldwide where Apple Music is offered
News Tuned Global names Pacemaker co-founder Jonas Norberg as first Head of AI Company is also expanding its technical team in Europe
News Donald Glover beats ‘This Is America’ copyright infringement lawsuit Lawsuit was filed in 2021 by Emelike Nwosuocha (aka rapper Kidd Wes)
News Twitch cuts over 400 roles amid widespread layoffs at parent company Amazon Amazon announced another 9,000 job cuts this week
News Michelle Teh appointed SVP, Global Classics and Jazz at Universal Music Group Exec returns to GCJ from UMG’s Global Priorities team
News Ryan MacTaggart, Gary ‘Bolo’ Sargeant and Michael McArthur promoted at 300 Entertainment Ryan MacTaggart upped to SVP, Artist Development & Lifestyle Marketing; Gary “Bolo” Sargeant to VP, Urban & Rhythm Promotion, and Michael McArthur to VP, A&R
Analysis Blog ‘Fake streams are nothing new, but the recordings business is only just waking up to the scale of the practice.’ The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL
News BBC tells staff to delete TikTok after UK bans app on government devices British broadcaster tells employees to uninstall TikTok from their work phones
News Amazon to cut additional 9,000 roles, including positions at Twitch, as tech job cull continues Latest round of layoffs was confirmed by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Monday (March 20)
Analysis News In a shock move, Meta has pulled music by Italian songwriters from its platforms. Is this connected to Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Year of Efficiency’? A mega dispute is brewing in Italy between music publishers and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta
News RIAA and over 30 other groups launch AI campaign to support human creativity Signatories include the RIAA, the Recording Academy, SAG-AFTRA, SoundExchange and more
News Sony Music Publishing inks global deal with Caity Baser via Chosen Music Baiser released music independently via TikTok's SoundOn, but recently signed a major label deal with Universal's EMI
Interviews Avex Inc. CEO Katsumi Kuroiwa on Japan, the modern music business, and global expansion MBW's World Leaders Series interviews Katsumi Kuroiwa, President and CEO of Japan's Avex Group
News Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to lay off 10,000 more employees in company’s ‘Year of Efficiency’ News was shared by Meta's founder and CEO in a letter to staff on Tuesday, March 14
Interviews News Warner Chappell expands JV with Sweden-based Lilly Raye Music, strikes new partnerships with Tommy Brown, Parx Publishing Lilly Raye Music is a management company and publisher founded by US music executive Edward Matthew