News TuneCore, which paid out over $400m to indie artists last year, has a new CEO: Andreea Gleeson Gleeson joined TuneCore in 2015, the same year it was acquired by Believe
News China is banning music that ‘insults or defames others’ in its 50,000 karaoke venues New crackdown on offensive music coming in October as market's industry power keeps growing
News Linktree acquires Songlink/Odesli and launches music link feature The Linktree platform is utilized by more than 16 million users globally
News SESAC acquires royalty collection platform Audiam from SOCAN Move brings Audiam and Harry Fox Agency under one roof in the US
News DistroKid valued at $1.3 billion after funding from Twitter investor Insight Partners DistroKid says it now has more than 2 million artists on its platform
Interviews ‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’ Chris Kappy talks about managing Luke Combs from half-empty bars to the top of the charts
News Germany’s recorded music revenues topped $1bn in H1 2021, up 12.4% YoY Digital's overall share of sales now stands at 78.6% of the market, while vinyl sales grew 49.5% in the first six months of 2021
News The Weeknd manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby honored in Fuse Media’s Future Middle Eastern History Class of 2021 The Future History series celebrates positive, proactive and emerging leaders
Analysis News Warner boss Steve Cooper talks TikTok and Peloton revenues, the rise of virtual artists, and the value of record labels Cooper was grilled about the company's earnings on a call with analysts this week. Here are some things that stood out for us...
News Olivia Rodrigo signs global deal with Sony Music Publishing 'Olivia is a once-in-a-generation talent'
Blog How future proof is the current evaluation of music copyrights? Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel on the future of the music industry…
News Get ready for an explosion in music distributors, as DistroDirect launches white label B2B platform Founder Andy Irvine explains how white label platform could transform distribution market
News This virtual artist just inked a major record deal in China. One-off gimmick – or a sign of the future? Warner Music Greater China boss, Jon Serbin, on why Whet Records has signed an artist who only exists online
Interviews News Instrumental invested over $4m in independent artists in H1 2021. Now it’s a distributor too. After Tencent investment, UK-born firm says it wants to become the world's "leading growth team for independent artists"
Analysis News Two years ago, Pandora was bought for $3.5bn. It’s since lost over 10m users. But SiriusXM's overall revenues grow handsomely year-on-year anyway