News Pro Music Rights launches music licensing dashboard and reporting system Company also plans to launch an updated Rights Holder Dashboard
Analysis News The music business has so much to learn from Epic Games From online retailing to virtual humans... the Fortnite maker is one step ahead on it all
Analysis News YouTube is generating $32k every minute – but how much of that money is being driven by music? Data from Pex gives us clues as to how much money YouTube pays out to the music business in ad revenue
News Reservoir signs songwriter & producer Keith ‘Ten4’ Sorrells to worldwide publishing deal Deal includes global rights to Sorrell’s entire catalog of works including No.1 single I Love Me performed by Demi Lovato and new single Actions by John Legend
News Indie label agency Merlin promotes Charlie Lexton to Chief Operating Officer Lexton joined Merlin as Head of Business Affairs in 2008
News Spirit Music Group signs Dua Lipa collaborator Nick Gale Professionally known as Digital Farm Animals
News Samsung brings Apple Music to its smart TVs Integration is available on Samsung Smart TV models from 2018 through 2020
News Paradigm exec Dave Curtin joins Songtradr as VP of US Partnerships Executive was formerly the SVP of Licensing and Branded Content at Paradigm Talent Agency
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Luz, Huron John, Dead Emerson, Bickle and Jenevieve Our latest pick of new artists discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News Hipgnosis acquires majority stake in Mark Ronson catalog, including Uptown Funk and Shallow Two of Ronson's songs have more than a billion streams on Spotify
News Sampling service Tracklib makes multi-tracks from producer Chords’ album available to license on same day as release "This is a completely new opportunity that benefits the whole music industry."
News ‘If you’re an independent artist, the world is yours. You have no boundaries.’ UnitedMasters CEO and Founder, Steve Stoute, joins the MBW Podcast
News One World: Together At Home has already raised $128m for COVID-19 fight – now Universal’s releasing the album Global Citizen event launched as audio album on streaming services in collaboration with UMG
News Sonos launches ad-supported radio streaming service, including artist ‘Stations’ from Thom Yorke and David Byrne The new service brings together more than 60,000 stations from multiple streaming partners
News Apple Music expands into 52 (52!) new markets, upping presence in Africa and beyond Apple Music now in more than double the markets in which Spotify operates