Photo Credit: Rubaitul Azad Several well-known businesses – most recently Bang Energy Drink – have learned through litigation that TikTok’s major label blanket licenses don’t extend to companies. But contrary to the commonly held belief, […]
Photo Credit: Alex G / CC by 2.0 Eric Clapton’s catalog of studio albums is moving from Warner Records to Surfdog Records in October. The marketing, licensing, and administrative rights will transfer to Surfdog on […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: YG Entertainment / CC by 2.0 Cloud Village Inc. expands its K-pop portfolio in China by inking a licensing deal with YG Entertainment. Chinese tech leader NetEase’s subsidiary Cloud Village — a leading […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: Erik Mclean Music and gaming are so intertwined that many gamers associate certain songs with gaming franchises. These synch deals are multi-faceted, and game developers face unique challenges when it comes to licensing […]
Photo Credit: Mdundo African streaming service Mdundo has officially inked a licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), which will bring its artists’ music to the platform’s more than 17 million confirmed (as of Q1 […]
Music supervisors are now using high-powered AI ammo to cut through the noise and hit the soundtrack bullseye—quickly. Enter hyprAUDIO, which is aiming to scale its AI-sync search technology to become the ‘Expedia of sync’. […]
Photo Credit: Audiomack Music streaming and discovery platform Audiomack has officially taken another step to bolster its position in Africa, this time by inking a licensing agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG). 10-year-old Audiomack, described […]
During Super Bowl week, Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL. The move was short-lived, though; Brady couldn’t even wait two months, announcing his return to football in mid-March — on Selection Sunday for […]
Universal Music Group headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. About 15 months after announcing an $11 million funding round, music-integration platform Songclip has inked “a multi-year global strategic partnership with Universal Music Group” as well as […]
Exo, whose many albums released under the SM Entertainment banner are becoming available to NetEase Cloud Music’s users. Photo Credit: mang2goon China-based music streaming service NetEase Cloud Music has officially inked a licensing deal with […]
Beijing, China. Photo Credit: zhang kaiyv Live Nation Electronic Asia, the namesake promoter’s EDM division for the continent of over 4.5 billion residents, has unveiled a licensing deal between its Fabled Records label and Universal […]
An exterior shot of an Apple Store. Photo Credit: Laurenz Heymann From the way placements come to fruition to the number of opportunities available to artists, sync licensing has changed dramatically in recent years. Amid […]
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 […]