News Uncategorized TikTok soft-launches ‘TikTok for Artists’ platform For now, the service is available only to artists in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
News Mdundo launches strategic review that ‘could lead to change in ownership, merger, strategic investor or other consolidation’ Africa-focused music streaming service has launched a strategic review as it grapples with what it calls ‘persistent billing challenges’
News South Korea’s largest music copyright collective just banned registration of songs created with AI KOMCA’s decision comes at a time when lawmakers and courts around the world are grappling with the issue of copyrighting AI-made works
News Music Glue opens Vancouver office headed by Tom Maguire, amid ‘increase in demand’ for D2C services The office will be headed up by Music Glue’s Chief Product Manager, Tom Maguire
News Ned Monahan promoted to President at Joie Manda’s Encore Recordings; Jacob Fain named Head of A&R Fain comes to Encore from Elektra, and is known for signing artists such as Bailey Zimmerman and Leon Bridges
News Trump says a deal to save TikTok in the US will get done this week. Will Blackstone take a stake? The deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's US operations is April 5, but the US president said he may extend it if necessary
News HYBE continues diversification drive as gaming division raises $21m in latest funding round HYBE IM aims to become 'a next-generation publisher delivering compelling content to gamers worldwide'
News Merlin sues TikTok rival Triller for breach of contract over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees The digital music licensing org for indie record labels says short video platform Triller owes it $2.55 million
News CTS Eventim revenues soared 19.1% YoY to $3bn in 2024 “Rising demand, organic growth, ongoing synergies and a successful international acquisition policy are the pillars of our robust growth"
Analysis News From Dua Lipa’s copyright lawsuit win to Concord’s Stem acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Amanda Kingsland, Shawn Marino named co-heads of A&R at Universal Music Canada The duo have “a renewed mandate to sign, develop, and break the next generation of Canadian artists on the world stage”
News Sony Music Publishing signs producer MTech to global deal The deal covers MTech's future songs and catalog, which includes a number of Kendrick Lamar hits
News Sony Music forms record label joint venture with film production company Tiger Baby in latest move in India “With Tiger Baby Records, we aim to delve into the diverse soundscapes of the subcontinent and represent them globally"
News AI music remixing platform Hook raises $3m from Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew, The Raine Group and more Hook’s unique selling proposition is that it offers a remedy to the proliferation of unlicensed content on social media
News Leland strikes strategic partnership with Warp Publishing London-headquartered Warp will 'champion' Leland's composers under the new partnership