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 […]
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has officially inked “an exclusive, global publishing administration agreement” to represent the music catalog of Univision Network, “the largest provider of Spanish-language content in the U.S.” Universal Music Group’s publishing […]
The last time we saw Antonio “AB” Brown, the former Tampa Bay wide receiver was leaving the field during the middle of a game against the New York Jets. Brown took off his jersey and […]
Bhad Bhabie bought a $6.1 million mansion in Florida last month in an all-cash deal, according to the New York Post. Located in a gated Palm Beach County community in Boca Raton, the 9,200-square-foot property is described as a […]
Seoul, South Korea. Photo Credit: Mathew Schwartz About 10 weeks after finalizing a “groundbreaking” deal with Twitch, Merlin has inked a licensing agreement with South Korean streaming app FLO. The indie-music licensing company unveiled its […]
George Harrison. Photo Credit: Harrison Family/BMG One week after reporting double-digit revenue growth for 2021, BMG has finalized a global publishing administration agreement with the estate of George Harrison. The Bertelsmann subsidiary unveiled its new […]
Artist and producer Daniel Lopatin. Photo Credit: Michael Schmelling Artist, composer, and producer Daniel Lopatin, known professionally as Oneohtrix Point Never, has inked a publishing administration deal with Downtown Music Services. Downtown Music Services (DMS), […]
Ron Gilbert has just announced a sequel to his long-dormant Monkey Island series, so while longtime fans are downloading boats or whatever it is that the pirates of today do to celebrate cool stuff, we’ll […]
Photo Credit: Kia Forum The Forum in LA has completed its first naming rights deal with South Korean automaker Kia. It’s now known as the Kia Forum. Kia America formally announced that it purchased the […]