Photo Credit: Dan Zelazo / CC by 2.0 New Orleans native Ivan Neville has signed a worldwide exclusive co-publishing deal with AMR Songs. The new deal includes Neville’s new release Touch My Soul, his first […]
Photo Credit: Jellysmack Is Spotify shifting its podcast strategy away from expensive exclusives? The latest deal with Jellysmack includes lots of repackaged content from famous creators. Jellysmack helps YouTubers like MrBeast re-purpose their content, optimized […]
At the turn of the decade, Phoebe Waller-Bridge was having herself a moment. She had just come off a successful second season of her hit show Fleabag, which swept all six of its Emmy nominations. […]
(l to r) Reservoir president and COO Rell Lafargue, Mannie Fresh, EVP of A&R and catalog development Faith Newman, and founder and CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi. Photo Credit: Reservoir Media After investing in the work of […]
Photo Credit: Zoe Ghertner Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has inked an exclusive global publishing agreement with songwriter Maggie Rogers. Rogers gained industry recognition in 2017 with her EP Now That The Light Is Fading, which […]
Bob Burns. Photo Credit: Primary Wave Primary Wave Music has officially announced an agreement to acquire the artist royalties of Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer and founding member Bob Burns. New York City-headquartered Primary Wave, which added […]
Anitta and Warner Music Group announced they were parting ways Tuesday, a month after the Brazilian pop star tweeted about the extreme measures she would take to terminate her record deal. “After eleven years of […]
Believe founder and CEO Denis Ladegaillerie. Photo Credit: Believe About two weeks after reporting approximately 32 percent year-over-year revenue growth for 2022, Believe has announced a deal for “full ownership” of Sentric and set its […]
Photo Credit: Geoffrey Moffett Last month, Cutting Edge Media Music (CEMM) announced that it had obtained $100 million in new financing and disclosed plans “to help give the next wave of film and TV composers […]
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH have signed to BMG for the release of their sophomore album, which is expected to drop this summer. Mammoth WVH’s upcoming full-length effort will follow 2021’s self-titled debut, which yielded […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Royalty-collection platform Salt has inked a decade-long deal with the Netherlands’ Buma/Stemra and announced the acquisition of Björn Ulvaeus’ Session. London-based Salt, which bills itself as “a next-generation music society back-office SaaS […]
Photo Credit: Adrian Arredondo / CC by 3.0 Anitta says she’d ‘auction off her organs’ to get out of her Warner Music Group (WMG) deal. Brazilian pop star Anitta vented on Twitter about her regrets […]
Jeremy Gan ❘ Published: 2023-03-01T05:58:17 ❘ Updated: 2023-03-01T05:58:26 Twitch has secured an exclusive streaming contract with Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun amidst a streaming platform battle against YouTube and Kick. It seems the […]
Photo Credit: ICE ICE announces a deal with gaming metaverse start-up STYNGR, covering the multi-territory use of the ICE Core repertoire. ICE, the music tech company providing royalties for songwriters, has announced a deal with […]
Photo Credit: Ken Lund / CC by 2.0 Earlier this week, Alliance Entertainment completed its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) – while also revealing that it wouldn’t list on the NYSE after […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo Credit: Chander Mohan SESAC and Wise Music Australia have officially inked a licensing agreement to bring the latter company’s catalog to Asian nations including Singapore, Vietnam, and India. Blackstone’s SESAC and […]
Photo Credit: MZMC Inc. Warner Chappell Music Korea announces signing a global publishing deal with MZMC Inc., a leading production and publishing company in expanding K-pop worldwide. Warner Chappell Music has signed a worldwide publishing […]
Michael Jackson’s reputation has taken some serious damage in the last few years. And that’s putting it mildly. Anyone who watched the 2019 “Leaving Neverland” documentary likely looks at the former “King of Pop” very […]
Photo Credit: Meghan Roberts / CC by 2.0 DJ Khaled bids adieu to Sony Music, joining the Def Jam and Universal Music Group family in a newly-created global creative consultant role. In a press conference […]
Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM) has officially acquired the rights to “around 40 songs” that Tobias Jesso Jr. penned between 2015 and 2020. An exec from London-headquartered Hipgnosis Song Management reached out to Digital Music News […]