News BMG acquires Jean-Michel Jarre’s entire music publishing catalog Acquisition is the biggest single deal ever struck by BMG in France
News AMRA expands digital licensing reach into Canada The addition of Canada as a territory for AMRA only affects digital mechanical rights
Analysis News Amuse, now majority-owned by the UK’s Bridford Group, posts 61.5% revenue growth in 2021 In addition to growing its revenue last year, the firm also managed to reduce its operating loss by a third
Interviews ‘Latin music has gone mainstream in the US and is having a huge creative and commercial impact.’ Alejandro Duque, President of Warner Music Latin America, discusses the future of the business
News YouTube strikes partnership with Shopify, as platform expands e-commerce tools for creators All eligible creators can now access live shopping features
News BMG acquires music interests of Scottish rock band Simple Minds BMG says that the deal marks its eighth acquisition in the UK this year
News Italian Court Orders US Tech Giant CloudFlare to Block Access to BitTorrent Sites “CloudFlare’s services were making it possible for users to access copyright infringing websites which were ordered to be blocked by the Italian regulator AGCOM."
News Sony Music enters exclusive partnership with Egypt’s Craft Media to ‘sign Arabic superstars’ Craft Media was founded by prominent Arabic producer Hamdy Badr
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund didn’t buy a single catalog in the 6 months to end of March. It still grew in value by $140m. Gross revenues topped $200m in the 12 months to end of March
News Triller calls for ‘every American to delete TikTok’ Mahi de Silva, CEO of Triller, publishes letter calling for "every American" to delete TikTok
News YolanDa Brown named Chair of the BPI Brown takes over the role from film producer and ex-head of Sony Music UK Ged Doherty
News Warner Records UK to launch free NFT collection in partnership with audio company Bose NFTs present a powerful extension of the artist-to-fan relationship,' said Seb Simone, Vice President, Audience & Strategy at Warner Records
News Universal Music Australia unveils new senior management team Alicia Reynolds has been named GM, EMI Records Australia, while Mark Holland has been upped to Managing Director, EMI Records Australia
News Trinh Tham joins Universal Music Canada as Senior Vice President, Revenue & Digital Strategy Tham will oversee UMC’s digital marketing, streaming and music strategy, data analytics and commercial affairs teams
News Pete Black named Director of Music at Bauer Media Audio UK Exec previously worked with Sony Music UK and The Orchard