Ateez, whose Golden Hour: Part.2 released via RCA in the U.S. and, per a new earnings report, generated the most revenue of any Sony Music project during 2024’s final three months. Photo Credit: ARATV Sony […]
A look at the latest music industry scuttlebutt on Spotify’s post-bundling renegotiations with major content owners – and how the calculus keeps shifting for every publisher, label, songwriter and artist on the field. If you […]
Photo Credit: Tatchara Longprasert, General Manager of SMP Thailand Sony Music Publishing (SMP) launches a flagship office in Thailand, appointing Tatchara Longprasert as General Manager. Sony Music Publishing’s strategic expansion into Thailand is based on […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s new chief, Ravi Ahuja, is quickly putting his leadership team in place. The Culver City-based studio on Tuesday named longtime television executive Keith Le Goy chairman of Sony Pictures Television, with oversight […]
Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it will release its dramedy The Penguin Lessons, starring Academy Award nominees Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), in theaters nationwide on March 28. The film […]
Photo Credit: The Recording Academy The Grammy Awards are still set to take place on February 2, but the three major labels have cancelled their Grammy week events. Here’s the latest. Despite the deadly wildfires […]
Photo Credit: Afeela The electric vehicle joint venture between Sony and Honda, Afeela, is showcasing at CES in Las Vegas this year. The car is now available for pre-order, though only in California for now. […]
Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra oversaw some remarkable box office disappointments in 2024, thanks to the poor performance of Spider-Man spinoffs Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter. However, he knows where the blame lies for […]
Kraven the Hunter will likely to be the last of Sony’s Spider-Man free Spider-Man movies. But the studio isn’t done making Marvel films just yet. A new report says Sony isn’t giving up making big […]
Thanks to a report in The Wrap, we now know what most fans have long suspected. The upcoming Kraven the Hunter is the last entry, at least for now, of Sony’s “Spider-Man Cinematic Universe.” Of […]
Sony’s Spider-Man Universe is facing an unclear future with the upcoming release of Kraven the Hunter scheduled for December 2024. The franchise started in 2018 with Venom, which did moderately well at the box office […]
Photo Credit: Lainey Wilson for Sony Music Publishing Sony Music Publishing Nashville announces the renewal of its global publishing administration agreement with Lainey Wilson. Sony Music Publishing Nashville has announced the renewal of its global […]
Photo Credit: Boomplay Sony Music, AWAL, and The Orchard have pulled their catalogs from African-focused music streaming provider (DSP) Boomplay. Boomplay has quickly become one of the most popular music streaming platforms in Nigeria, with […]
Photo Credit: Alejandro Gonzalez for Sony Music Publishing (Studio A) Sony Music Publishing has announced the opening of its new office space and creative hub for songwriters in Los Angeles. The location is located just […]
Sony Pictures Classics will open the docu-concert movie Becoming Led Zeppelin exclusively in Imax on February 7. You can watch the trailer above. Ahead of the release, Imax theaters will hold early-access screenings in 18 markets starting […]
A live performance from Flavour, one of the songwriters allegedly contacted by Sony Music amid a legal battle with Ultra International Music Publishing. Said battle now includes an ongoing trial as well as a separate […]
A 2009 performance from Whitney Houston. Photo Credit: Asterio Tecson Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has officially dropped a missing-payments lawsuit filed against the production companies behind a Whitney Houston biopic. The major label just recently […]
Photo Credit: Hangout.fm Turntable Labs is launching Hangout.fm, a new virtual listening community that draws inspiration from the now defunct Turntable.fm. Turntable.fm was shuttered in 2013, but Hangout by Turntable Labs features licensed content from […]
A live performance from SZA, whose SOS, despite having debuted in late 2022, generated the most Q3 2024 revenue of any Sony Music release. Photo Credit: Erin Cazes Sony Music achieved double-digit YoY revenue growth […]
Taylor Swift was not the first artist to re-record earlier material as a way to get ownership of her hits for better financial remuneration, but she’s almost certainly been the most successful. Her extremely loyal […]