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UnitedMasters NFL soundtrack deal extended

UnitedMasters & NFL Extend Soundtrack Deal Through 2027 Season

October 30, 2024

UnitedMasters has announced the extension of its existing agreement with the National Football League (NFL) through the end of the 2027 season. The agreement follows an original three-year deal that began in... Read More...

UNIFI Music Has Another Plan for AI — Artist Management

Paul Resnikoff

October 29, 2024

Finding and retaining effective management is a significant hurdle for many emerging artists. Now, UNIFI Music is building an AI-driven intelligent platform for that. Superstar music careers frequently start... Read More...

TikTok bypasses Merlin to ink deal with UnitedMasters directly

And Just Like That, TikTok Inks a Direct Deal with UnitedMasters — Bypassing Merlin

Ashley King

October 24, 2024

After stating it would not renew its current agreement with independent collective Merlin, TikTok has forged forward with a direct deal with UnitedMasters—a Merlin member. The multi-year agreement will provi... Read More...

The Zombies Q Prime label services & distribution

’60s Icons The Zombies Tap Q Prime for Label Services & Catalog Distribution

Ashley King

October 23, 2024

British invasion pioneers The Zombies have entered into an agreement with Q Prime to provide label services and distribution for the band’s iconic ‘60s studio recordings. Plans are underway for series of fou... Read More...

Drama in the Classical Music World: Naxos Sues Kuke Over $1.8 Million in Allegedly Missing Payments

Dylan Smith

October 7, 2024

Who says the classical music space is free of legal drama? Naxos is suing China-based Kuke for allegedly failing to pay $1.86 million under a 2018 digital distribution agreement. Naxos Digital Service US, a... Read More...

TikTok walked away from negotiations with Merlin

TikTok vs. Merlin: Licensing Impasse Looms — TikTok Pushes Back Against the Indie Collective

Ashley King

October 1, 2024

A letter from Merlin to its members has revealed TikTok is ‘walking away’ from licensing negotiations with the collective. Instead, the social media giant wants to seek direct deals from larger Merlin members... Read More...

He.She.They Records Too Lost partnership

HE.SHE.THEY. Records Announce Partnership with Global Music Distribution Platform Too Lost

Ashley King

September 30, 2024

HE.SHE.THEY. Records partners with Too Lost, further cementing their position as the industry standard in inclusivity and diversity. Global music and technology distribution platform Too Lost announces a new... Read More...

Warner Music Axes Distributor Level Music As Cutbacks Continue

Ashley King

September 26, 2024

A Warner Music Group-owned distribution company, Level Music, is shutting down next year as cutbacks continue. Level Music, a Warner Music Group-owned distribution imprint, has announced this week it will be... Read More...

Beggars Group Secretly Cargo indie distribution

Beggars Group and Secretly Whip Up a New UK-Based Indie Music Distributor

Ashley King

September 17, 2024

Secretly Distribution and Beggars Group partner with Cargo Records UK to form a new independent distributor. Beggars Group and Secretly Distribution have announced their new partnership with Cargo Records UK... Read More...

Getting Your Profiles in Tune: A Digital Marketing Checklist for Creatives

Garrett Breeze

September 10, 2024

As a composer, songwriter, or other creative, with so many demands on your time, maintaining your online presence can often feel like a chore, or even worse, fall through the cracks and get ignored altogether... Read More...

In the Wake of a $10 Million Royalty-Heist Indictment, Is Boomy’s ADA/Warner Music Deal Still Alive? Here’s What We Know

Dylan Smith

September 10, 2024

Last year, Boomy inked a high-profile distribution tie-up with Warner Music’s ADA. Is the deal still on after the AI music generator’s CEO was reportedly named as a co-conspirator in a massive fake streams sc... Read More...

DMN Pro Exclusive

Is Warner Music Really Achieving ‘Strong Subscription Streaming Growth’? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out

Paul Resnikoff

August 28, 2024

For Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, calendar Q2 2024 was a tale of two earnings reports — and streaming forecasts. While UMG acknowledged a subscription-growth slowdown, the Robert Kyncl-led WMG... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Musixmatch Re-Inks With DistroKid; Partnership Aims to Help Independent Artists Layer More Lyrics Into Their Releases

DMN Pro Weekly: The Suno Subpoena Wars Are Targeting the Music Industry’s Deepest, Darkest Secrets. Here’s Where Things Stand.

What Is Attribution?

Create Music Emerges from the Shadows as a DistroKid Minority Investor

Former Sony, Discovery, WWE Executive James Rosenstock Joins Too Lost as CFO

UnitedMasters & NFL Extend Soundtrack Deal Through 2027 Season

UNIFI Music Has Another Plan for AI — Artist Management

’60s Icons The Zombies Tap Q Prime for Label Services & Catalog Distribution

Drama in the Classical Music World: Naxos Sues Kuke Over $1.8 Million in Allegedly Missing Payments

HE.SHE.THEY. Records Announce Partnership with Global Music Distribution Platform Too Lost

Warner Music Axes Distributor Level Music As Cutbacks Continue

Beggars Group and Secretly Whip Up a New UK-Based Indie Music Distributor

Getting Your Profiles in Tune: A Digital Marketing Checklist for Creatives

In the Wake of a $10 Million Royalty-Heist Indictment, Is Boomy’s ADA/Warner Music Deal Still Alive? Here’s What We Know

Is Warner Music Really Achieving ‘Strong Subscription Streaming Growth’? We Crunched the Numbers to Find Out