News PPL paid artists and other rightsholders $21.5m in international neighboring rights money in Q1 – equivalent to nearly $240k a day Prominent artists and producers who rely on PPL for their neighboring rights collections globally include eight-time Grammy winner Anderson .Paak and ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, plus Rita Ora, Steve Angello, and Trevor Horn
Analysis Blog ‘It takes time to deliver this level of change and not everyone is able to move at the same pace’. In this op/ed, PPL CIO Mark Douglas looks at the evolution and benefits of the Virtual Recordings Database
Analysis Blog By royal disappointment: Why the coronation will present British pop at its most anaemic This op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist Eamonn Forde.
News SESAC Music Group acquires distribution and content delivery platform AudioSalad AudioSalad has over 16 million audio and video assets under management
News London’s V&A Museum acquires David Bowie archive with £10m donation from Blavatnik Family Foundation, Warner Music Archive covers more than 80,000 items from Bowie’s six-decade career
News Patrick Moxey’s Ultra International Music Publishing expands into West Africa Harold Serero to oversee development of company's African operations
News Warner Music UK Promotes Liberty Wilson to Vice President of International Marketing Warner Music UK has promoted Liberty Wilson to Vice President of International Marketing
News Adam Gardiner joins Concord Music Publishing as Senior Vice President of International Sync Exec joins from Universal Music’s creative division, Globe, where he was Head of Film & TV.
News YouTube and Goldenvoice renew exclusive multi-year deal for Coachella livestream The 2023 Coachella will mark the 11th year that YouTube will be livestreaming the event
News Ex-Lollapalooza Berlin booker Stefan Lehmkuhl joins BMG’s live music push in Germany Lehmkuhl has curated and produced music events such as Melt Festival, splash!, and Lollapalooza Berlin
News Atlantic’s Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman to receive 2023 Salute To Industry Icons Honor at Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala Atlantic Records celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2023.
News Live music promoter DEAG’s Q3 revenue up 72% versus pre-Covid level Company generated $106m in revenue in Q3, accoridng to preliminary earnings results
News Bob Workman promoted to SVP, International Brand Partnerships, Warner Music and GM of WMX UK Move will see Warner Music’s UK Brand Partnerships team become part of the global WMX division
News Vevo to launch six new channels on Hulu Live TV Channels include Vevo Pop, Vevo Hip-Hop, Vevo Country, Vevo ‘80s, Vevo ‘90s and Vevo Holiday
News Deezer-backed livestreaming startups Driift and Dreamstage merge, backed by $4.3m investment from Deezer Deezer becomes the largest shareholder of Driift.