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Warner Music Inks a TV-Focused Imprint With Cloudco Entertainment

June 22, 2019

Warner Music Group's Arts Music division has launched an imprint with Cloudco Entertainment. The multi-season deal will cover music released from the hit Hulu original series, Holly Hobbie. The show's theme... Read More...

Logic Signs Exclusive Publishing Deal with Universal Music Publishing Group

Logic Announces a Joint Venture With Def Jam – Introducing BobbyBoy Records

Ashley King

June 20, 2019

Logic — Sir Robert Bryson Hall II — has announced a joint venture with Def Jam Recordings. His label, formerly known as Elysium Records, will be relaunched as BobbyBoy Records. The artist roster for Bobby... Read More...

FUGA Italy Strikes a Digital Service Deal With Planet Records

Ashley King

June 13, 2019

FUGA Italy has inked a global digital service deal with distribution company Planet Records. The deal covers Planet Records' roster of Latin American and European acts, as well as various artists and labels ... Read More...

DistroKid Partners With Audible Magic to Clamp Down on Fraudulent Activity

Daniel Sanchez

June 13, 2019

DistroKid has signed a major deal to help indie artists. The digital distributor has inked a global partnership with Audible Magic. Using the content recognition company’s 'RightsRxTM' software, DistroKid... Read More...

AWAL Signs Global Physical Distribution Agreement with Proper Music Group

Daniel Sanchez

June 5, 2019

Proper Music Group has confirmed a major deal with Kobalt’s recording services company. The British music group has signed a new agreement with AWAL. Proper will now serve as the recording company’s global ... Read More...

Booting Most of Its Non-'Top Performing Artists,' Former Digital Distribution Platform Stem Unveils 'Stem Direct'

Booting Non-‘Top Performing’ Artists, Distribution Platform Stem Unveils ‘Stem Direct’

Daniel Sanchez

June 3, 2019

Stem has confirmed a major change to its existing business model, infuriating indie musicians in the process. The Los Angeles-based startup, which espoused an artist-centered approach that allowed musicians ... Read More...

SoundCloud Launches Two New DJ Software Integration Partnerships

Ashley King

May 28, 2019

SoundCloud is aiming to make it easier for indie artists to make it big utilizing their platform. To that end, SoundCloud if offering two new DJ software integrations with Mixvibes and Native Instruments. ... Read More...

Sony Music Inks Distribution Deal With Two Hip-Hop Indie Labels – Selfmade and Divine

Daniel Sanchez

May 28, 2019

Sony Music has just made a major deal in Germany. The major record label has signed a deal to distribute two hip-hop indie labels' respective catalogs. Selfmade Records and Division’s catalogs include nin... Read More...

Groundbreaking Metadata Alliance Announced Between Music, Film, TV Industries — “This Partnership Will Have a Truly Significant Impact on Rights Holders”

Paul Resnikoff

May 7, 2019

A cross-industry metadata alliance could loosen millions in unmatched music royalties from films and TV series. The music industry is notorious for its disastrously disorganized metadata and billions in unma... Read More...

PRS for Music Posts $946 Million in Collection Revenue, Warns Fortnite in the Process

PRS for Music Posts $946 Million in Annual Collection Revenue — And Puts Fortnite on Notice

Daniel Sanchez

April 29, 2019

With the Copyright Directive passed, will the music industry push to collect revenue from popular games like Fortnite? Earlier today, British collecting society PRS for Music posted its total collection reve... Read More...

Tunecore Artists Earned $83 Million in Q1 — With Heavy Metal and J-Pop Leading the Way

Ashley King

April 29, 2019

Tunecore announced today that its artists earned $83 million in Q1 2019, a 21% increase over the same period last year. Tunecore says its total artist distribution revenue is now over $1.5 billion. Distri... Read More...

BMG Inks Long-Term Global Deal With Mexican Music Label DEL

Ashley King

April 23, 2019

BMG has announced a new long-term global partnership with DEL Records, an indie label focused on regional Mexican music. The newly-inked deal will see BMG becoming the exclusive worldwide publishing administ... Read More...

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

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

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Create Music Emerges from the Shadows as a DistroKid Minority Investor

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

Warner Music Inks a TV-Focused Imprint With Cloudco Entertainment

Logic Announces a Joint Venture With Def Jam – Introducing BobbyBoy Records

FUGA Italy Strikes a Digital Service Deal With Planet Records

DistroKid Partners With Audible Magic to Clamp Down on Fraudulent Activity

AWAL Signs Global Physical Distribution Agreement with Proper Music Group

Booting Non-‘Top Performing’ Artists, Distribution Platform Stem Unveils ‘Stem Direct’

SoundCloud Launches Two New DJ Software Integration Partnerships

Sony Music Inks Distribution Deal With Two Hip-Hop Indie Labels – Selfmade and Divine

Groundbreaking Metadata Alliance Announced Between Music, Film, TV Industries — “This Partnership Will Have a Truly Significant Impact on Rights Holders”

PRS for Music Posts $946 Million in Annual Collection Revenue — And Puts Fortnite on Notice

Tunecore Artists Earned $83 Million in Q1 — With Heavy Metal and J-Pop Leading the Way

BMG Inks Long-Term Global Deal With Mexican Music Label DEL