News UMPG signs Surfaces to exclusive, global co-publishing deal Duo is made up of Forrest Frank and Colin Padalecki
Analysis News China’s NetEase Cloud Music, with over 800m users, gains rights to use 1.3m Warner Chappell songs Deal comes as Tencent exclusivity deals are said to be expected to expire over next two years
Analysis News Michael Rapino talks cost-cutting, fan-less concerts, and pressing pause on Live Nation’s big Mexico deal The five things you need to know about the live giant's Q1 earnings
Analysis Blog ‘Ultimately our people, our human capital, is the most important asset of our business, and we need to take care of it.’ Denis Ladegaillerie, Believe CEO, on what his company has done during COVID lockdown – and why
News Scooter Braun is a songwriter now, with credit on new Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber single Braun is credited on Stuck With U, and has previously gotten a songwriting nod on Justin Bieber's Purpose
Analysis Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper talks COVID-19, streaming subscriptions… and that delayed IPO MBW delves deeper into Warner's calendar Q1 results
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: MAY-A, yaeow, boylife, Cian Ducrot and Tora Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News Ingrooves expands into Australia & New Zealand, names Nina Rabe-Cairns as Country Manager for market Exec joins Ingrooves after several years at Spotify
Analysis People over 45, not Millennials, are driving music subscription growth in the UK No less than 60% of new subscribers in the past year were 45 or older
News Universal’s TuneCore rival Spinnup gives away free single upload to artists during COVID-19 lockdown Spinnup has now worked with 80 artists who have gone on to sign to Universal labels
News The parent company of JioSaavn just raised over $6bn from Facebook, Silver Lake deals Silver Lake takes small stake via $750m investment in Reliance subsidiary
News SoundCloud to launch originally produced live programming on Twitch Hosts and guests for 'SoundCloud on Twitch' include Soulection’s Joe Kay, hip-hop artist Vic Mensa and more
News Why some record deals are being fast-tracked during Coronavirus lockdown Doug Davis, Tunji Balogun and Ty Stiklorius took part in a Zoom conversation about COVID-19's impact on the music business
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Nina Cobham, ELLIANA, Malaki, Ella Jane and mazie Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
Interviews News ‘Since 2018, there’s been three crazy deals in the record business. I did two of them…’ Tha Lights Global CEO, Dooney Battle, on staying independent with Lil Pump – and shunning big checks