Virgin Music Group co-CEOs JT Myers and Nat Pastor. Photo Credit: Universal Music Group About 19 months after rolling out the revamped Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially acquired […]
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The New York Yankees are teaming up with U.S. private equity group RedBird Capital Partners to become minority investors in Italian soccer club AC Milan. The Financial Times reports Yankee Global Enterprises, the MLB team’s parent company, and […]
Sohn, who’s set to release an album entitled Trust via 4AD on September 2nd. Photo Credit: Henry W. Laurisch Beggars Group, which encompasses XL Recordings, Rough Trade Records, Matador Records, 4AD, and other UK-based indie […]
Photo Credit: Streamland Media Streamland Media has acquired London-based sound facility Sonorous Trident. The company will join Streamland Media’s sound division, Formosa Group, expanding its talent roster and resources in the UK. In launching Sonorous […]
After performing across Europe, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, an ad hoc ensemble of musicians from Ukraine, complete their tour with stops in New York and Washington. Share This Article
Embracer Group, the ambitious, acquisition-hungry Swedish gaming conglomerate, has bought the rights to make films, games, merchandise, and theme parks based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The deal comes […]
Greenland is being hit hard by climate change, as the ice that forms much of the Arctic country is melting at alarming rates. In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, that very melting is exposing […]
BTS become most popular music group on YouTube Hugely popular South Korean boy band BTS has obliterated yet another record as the K-Pop stars have been officially named as YouTube’s number one most viewed artist […]
Photo Credit: FN Meka Capitol Music Group signs FN Meka, the number one virtual artist on TikTok. Virtual artist FN Meka, the AI-powered rapper who first launched in 2019, is now the number one virtual […]
Warner Music Group (WMG) has officially finalized a new licensing deal with Facebook parent company Meta. The Big Three record label unveiled the freshly inked pact with Meta during its Q2 2022 earnings call, after […]
Warner Music Group (WMG) posted a small revenue increase (quarterly and year over year) for Q2 2022, but during the three-month stretch, recorded music slipped in the digital category for the first time. The Big […]
Photo Credit: Budi Voogt & Tim van Doorne Exceleration Music has acquired the catalog of the Dutch independent label Heroic Music Group. Heroic Music Group was founded by Budi Voogt and Tim van Doorne in […]
Photo Credit: Tony Webster / CC by 3.0 Universal Music Group (UMG) revenue jumped by 25.4 percent year over year during Q2 2022, as streaming income once again improved by double digits. The Big Three […]
Photo Credit: NRK P3 / CC by 2.0 Dutch DJ Afrojack has signed with Virgin Records Germany and Universal Music Netherlands for a new EDM partnership. The new deal also includes a partnership with Afrojack’s […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Pulse Music Group has announced it has renewed its worldwide publishing agreement with R&B superstar Brent Faiyaz. Faiyaz joined Pulse’s roster of songwriters and producers in 2016. Since then, he has collaborated […]
This will be the girl group’s second project for 2022 MANILA, Philippines – South Korean girl group IVE confirmed on Monday, July 18, that they will be making a summer comeback in August, Asia Today […]
Back row, l to r: Minymynx, Hype Train GM Narabordee Sriroengla, Hype Train CMO/CFO Vharittha Chankwang, Hype Train CEO Nino, UMG EVP of market development Adam Granite, UM South East Asia CEO Calvin Wong, UM […]
‘Girls’ also sets a record for highest stock pre-orders for any K-pop girl group MANILA, Philippines – MYs, are you screaming yet? K-pop group aespa set a new record for the highest first-day sales of […]
Insomniac has signed a global administration deal with Sony Music, inking a partnership that has the look of watershed moment for the electronic music powerhouse. Billboard reports the deal entails royalty collection between the two […]