Justin Timberlake performing live in 2017. Photo Credit: MarkBriello Justin Timberlake has officially sold his catalog to Hipgnosis in a reportedly $100 million deal. 41-year-old Justin Timberlake’s multimillion-dollar pact with Hipgnosis – Blackstone-powered Hipgnosis Song […]
Photo Credit: Jana Beamer / CC by 2.0 Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Black River Publishing announce their worldwide publishing administration deal. The partnership enables Sony Music Publishing to provide global services to Black River’s […]
Photo Credit: Sony Music Publishing | Pictured: Nick Bral, Zack Phillips, Jennifer Knoepfle, Max, Sam Drake, Evan Winiker Sony Music Publishing has announced it has inked a global administration deal with BTS songwriter Max. Max, […]
Photo Credit: Reservoir Reservoir announces a worldwide publishing deal with Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music. The agreement includes works from Manzanera’s catalog featuring songs by Roxy Music, Pink Floyd, Tim Finn, Brian Eno, and more. […]
With too many high-profile recording artists to name signing big deals for their publishing and recorded music catalogs, it’s no surprise that rock group Pink Floyd is considering just such a deal. Bloomberg reports that […]
(l to r) LimeWire CCO Ivis Buric, co-CEOs Julian and Paul Zehetmayr, and COO Marcus Feistl. Photo Credit: LimeWire About two months after announcing that it would rebrand as a platform for digital collectibles – […]
Photo Credit: Luke Chesser Elon Musk says his deal to takeover Twitter is ‘on hold’ following a report on bots and fake accounts. Musk has said that ridding what he calls the ‘open forum’ of […]
Front row, l to r: SMP Nashville CEO Rusty Gaston, SMP CEO Jon Platt, Ashley Gorley, and Domain MD Pete Chiappetta. Back row, l to r: Domain special advisor Rod Riley, Loeb & Loeb associate […]
Photo: PopArabia and Reservoir Reservoir Media and PopArabia have announced two new deals. They include the signing of Egyptian rapper Mohamed Ramadan and the acquisition of Egyptian label 100COPIES. The two new deals mark Reservoir’s […]
Hipgnosis Songs Group has officially finalized a publishing deal with Atlanta-born former Fifth Harmony member Normani. Hipgnosis Songs Group (formerly Big Deal Music) and 25-year-old Normani (whose full name is Normani Kordei Hamilton) just recently […]
Photo Credit: Dan Farrell An insider story from a new book reveals how Dr. Dre leaking the Beats and Apple deal cost him $200 million. Tripp Mickle’s new book, After Steve: How Apple Became a […]
Who can resist rewatching Ozark? Jason Bateman can’t. During Entertainment Weekly’s Around the Table with Ozark’s cast, Bateman revealed that he started rewatching the hit series with his teenage daughter, Francesca, who’s never tuned into […]
Photo Credit: Reservoir Reservoir has announced a worldwide publishing deal with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Dan the Automator. This new deal further expands upon the existing publishing relationship between the two, established in 2012, and […]
Drake has entered into a major new deal with bosses at Universal Music Group (UMG). During a company earnings call on Tuesday, chief executive officer and chairman Lucian Grainge confirmed that executives had signed an […]
Rumors that Drake was on the verge of signing a massive new record contract have been buzzing around the music industry for several years. Those rumors became white hot again in early March after it […]
Drake has signed a new multifaceted deal with Universal Music Group that’s reportedly valued as high as $400 million. The news was confirmed in UMG’s Q1 earnings call, as Variety reported. An official figure wasn’t revealed, but insiders have pointed to […]
Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley. Photo Credit: Sophieannelane After finalizing an extended agreement with the estate of Juan Gabriel, beginning to represent the work of Elvis Presley, and then closing a deal with The Weeknd […]
Photo Credit: FUGA FUGA has announced a global distribution and marketing services deal with the Swedish label YEAR0001. Post-punk band Viagra Boys and Swedish rapper Yung Lean are among the label’s roster. The partnership will […]
Photo Credit: Warner Chappell Music Warner Chappell Music has inked a global publishing deal with singer and songwriter Jake Scott. Scott has penned several hits that have brought him over 500 million global streams on […]
Popular rapper ‘Logic’ has signed an exclusive streaming deal with Twitch, just days after announcing his impending retirement from music. Logic, real name Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, has released five studio albums to-date, but […]