News Sabrina Carpenter named ‘icon’ for Fortnite Festival Season 8 Carpenter joins other artists who have been featured as “icons” on Fortnite including The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and Metallica
Interviews Per Sundin on Pophouse’s $1bn+ ambitions in music rights: ‘We don’t buy catalogs to put them on a shelf.’ Per Sundin reveals what sets Pophouse apart from other music investment firms, and shares his thoughts on the future of catalog investment...
News Pophouse Entertainment, the firm behind ABBA Voyage, closes $1.3bn music rights buying fund Pophouse said it has already deployed about 30% of the fund
News HYBE-owned superfan platform Weverse launches in-app streaming service, ‘Listening Party’ New Spotify-powered feature allows artists and fans to stream curated music within Weverse
Music Business Jobs 237 Global 237 Global – Sales Lead (US) Should have extremely high level of attention to detail, proofreading abilities, organization and strong communication skillsJob type: Sales/Account ManagementLocation: Nashville, Los AngelesApplications for this position have now closed.
News Napster acquired in $207m deal by $12.25bn-valued tech startup Infinite Reality Acquisition arrives a few weeks after Infinite Reality closed a $3 billion round of funding
News UMG strikes partnership with HEAT to bring Lil’ Wayne, CG5 music to game developers UMG labels and artists will be 'the first to effectively distribute new tracks into gaming development tools and platforms'
News Tencent Music has integrated DeepSeek into its streaming service (and 3 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call) China's largest operator of music streaming services says live music is becoming increasingly important to listeners
News No, Spotify hasn’t gone down – unless you were pirating the Premium service Many listeners who were using a 'crack' to listen to Spotify Premium for free have been locked out of the service
News Notorious B.I.G. estate nears $100m+ music rights deal with Primary Wave (report) The transaction could cover 50% of both publishing and master rights to the late rapper’s work
Analysis Interviews Riot Games, Epic Games, and Tuned Global on the future of music in gaming Gaming continues to be a big opportunity for music rightsholders.
News HYBE’s AI voice cloning company Supertone unveils text-to-speech tool that can create a custom voice ‘in just 10 seconds’ Supertone says its tool includes safeguards to prevent it from being used in deepfakes
News Universal Music Group and Music Health Alliance launch Music Industry Mental Health Fund The new initiative builds on a program that has helped some 1,000 UMG artists and songwriters access health care
Analysis Mark Douglas on the rising importance of the International Performer Number: ‘We strive to remove cost from the wider industry and sharing metadata and systems is one way we do that.’ The following op/ed comes from Mark Douglas, CIO of UK-based music licensing company, PPL.
Music Business Jobs Spitfire Audio Spitfire Audio – Social Media Manager (UK) Required: A minimum of three years working in a social media strategy role, a deep understanding of and passion for social media and digital marketing, including scheduling and analytical tools and best practices, particularly in the music spaceJob type: Marketing/Digital MarketingLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.