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Ingrooves Inks ‘Global Distribution Deal’ With Run-It-Up Records, ‘The Gen Z Leader In the Music Industry’

March 25, 2022

Universal Music Group’s Ingrooves has officially inked a “global distribution deal” with Run-It-Up Records, which bills itself as “the Gen Z leader in the music industry.” The indie-focused distributor and ... Read More...

Patrick Moxey Announces New Label Group – Helix & Payday Records

Ashley King

March 24, 2022

Patrick Moxey has announced the details of his new label group in addition to a global alliance with Warner Recorded Music. The agreement encompasses the acclaimed Payday Records and the newly created Helix ... Read More...

Nordic Collective Management Organizations Suspend Payments to Russia

Ashley King

March 21, 2022

A collective of Nordic performance rights organizations have announced they are suspending payments to Russia. The Nordic collective management organizations, including Teosto in Finland, Koda in Denmark, TO... Read More...

Warner Music Group Announces Acquisition of MENA Distributor Qanawat Music Following Rotana Investment

Dylan Smith

March 21, 2022

About 13 months after finalizing a multimillion-dollar investment in Arab record label Rotana Music – and roughly two months after taking a majority stake in African distribution and rights-management company... Read More...

Downtown Music Bags $200 Million From Bank of America to Fuel Indie Artist Initiatives

Paul Resnikoff

March 9, 2022

Announcements involving hundreds of millions of dollars are now commonplace in the music industry. But this time, Downtown Music Holdings is corralling the funds for the burgeoning indie music sector. Detail... Read More...

TikTok Launches Distribution and Marketing Service — Introducing ‘SoundOn’

Dylan Smith

March 9, 2022

TikTok has officially launched its “own promotion and music distribution platform,” SoundOn, for artists in the U.S., the U.K., Brazil, and Indonesia. The controversial short-form video-sharing app – which ... Read More...

Swiss Fintech Utopia Music Acquires Absolute Label Services in the UK

Ashley King

February 28, 2022

Swiss Fintech company Utopia Music has acquired the UK's Absolute Label Services. Included in the acquisition is Absolute Rights Management. Absolute's distribution and services provider will be integrated i... Read More...

Play MPE Connects Record Labels and Artists to Verified Tastemakers Around the World

Elizabeth Benoit

February 21, 2022

Happy clients turned Play MPE executives Glenn Aure and Allan Benedict explain why you should use the preferred music promotion and discovery platform too. The following comes from Play MPE, a proud and longti... Read More...

Verifi Rights Data Alliance Launches with Members WMG, Unison, Deezer & FUGA

Ashley King

February 3, 2022

Verifi Media has launched the Verifi Rights Data Alliance (VRDA) to streamline information collaboration. Verifi Media says the VRDA creates an orchestra of definitive data, with each player maintaining its ... Read More...

Believe Inks Global Licensing Deal with China’s Kuaishou, a TikTok Rival

Ashley King

January 20, 2022

Six months after a deal with WMG, China's Kuaishou has inked a global licensing agreement with Believe and TuneCore. Kuaishou is a short-form video platform that rivals ByteDance's TikTok. The deal with Beli... Read More...

Swiss Utopia Music Continues Acquisition Spree With UK’s Proper Music Group

Ashley King

January 19, 2022

Swiss company Utopia Music has announced it has acquired the UK-based distributor Prosper Music Group. Utopia believes the acquisition will help "supercharge their song economics and accelerate royalty payou... Read More...

Sound Credit Unleashes Version 4 — A Quantum Leap for Eliminating $1.4 Billion In Annual Missing Royalties

Paul Resnikoff

January 19, 2022

One of these days, the billions of dollars in unmatched and unpaid annual music royalties will shrink into the millions. And then, down to de minimis thousands. But what will it take to get there? For years,... Read More...

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Ingrooves Inks ‘Global Distribution Deal’ With Run-It-Up Records, ‘The Gen Z Leader In the Music Industry’

Patrick Moxey Announces New Label Group – Helix & Payday Records

Nordic Collective Management Organizations Suspend Payments to Russia

Warner Music Group Announces Acquisition of MENA Distributor Qanawat Music Following Rotana Investment

Downtown Music Bags $200 Million From Bank of America to Fuel Indie Artist Initiatives

TikTok Launches Distribution and Marketing Service — Introducing ‘SoundOn’

Swiss Fintech Utopia Music Acquires Absolute Label Services in the UK

Play MPE Connects Record Labels and Artists to Verified Tastemakers Around the World

Verifi Rights Data Alliance Launches with Members WMG, Unison, Deezer & FUGA

Believe Inks Global Licensing Deal with China’s Kuaishou, a TikTok Rival

Swiss Utopia Music Continues Acquisition Spree With UK’s Proper Music Group

Sound Credit Unleashes Version 4 — A Quantum Leap for Eliminating $1.4 Billion In Annual Missing Royalties