Labels

Range Music Signs Disney Channel Alum Meg Donnelly

October 11, 2024

Range Media Partners’ Range Music, distributed through Capitol Music Group and Virgin Music’s label services, signs Disney Channel alum Meg Donnelly. Range Music, the label arm of Range Media Partners, which... Read More...

Months After Moving to ‘Supercharge’ Its Acquisition Strategy, Warner Music Announces Cloud 9 Label Purchase

Dylan Smith

October 10, 2024

Warner Music Group (WMG) wasn’t kidding about its aggressive acquisition plans, as the Robert Kyncl-led major label has officially acquired the Netherlands’ Cloud 9 Recordings. The restructuring-minded WMG r... Read More...

Reservoir Jack Douglas producer royalties

Reservoir Acquires Producer Catalog of Jack Douglas

Ashley King

October 10, 2024

Reservoir Media Inc. has announced it has acquired the producer royalties to the catalog of Grammy-winning American producer Jack Douglas. The acquisition includes hits by Aerosmith and Cheap Trick. Douglas’... Read More...

FUGA Pushes Further Into AUS & NZ With Unified & Commonfolk Partnerships

Ashley King

October 10, 2024

Downtown-owned B2B distributor FUGA has announced a new partnership with UNIFIED Music Group, strengthening its position in the Australia & New Zealand markets. UNIFIED Music Group is a multi-service mus... Read More...

Warner Music’s Never-Ending Realignment Continues as A&R, Marketing Positions Announced

Ashley King

October 7, 2024

Warner Music Group announces more position realignments in leadership, with Eric Wong as Head of Global A&R and Jessica Keeley-Carter as Chief Marketing Officer. Warner Music Group’s seemingly never-endi... Read More...

TikTok is dumping Merlin, seeks individual deals with indie labels

TikTok Is Dumping Merlin And That’s That — Platform Tells Indie Labels to Make a Direct Deal or Face Removal

Ashley King

October 2, 2024

The battle between indie collective Merlin and TikTok is heating up as the social media platform seeks to bypass Merlin’s collective bargaining power by striking individual deals with the indie labels it deem... 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...

Proper Group — Formerly Utopia Music — ‘Disappointed’ by Swiss Bankruptcy Proceeding: ‘We Are of Course Appealing This Decision’

Ashley King

September 27, 2024

Proper Group, formerly Utopia Music, appeals against Swiss bankruptcy proceedings over an unpaid invoice. Proper Music Group, the Swiss company formerly known as Utopia Music, has been hit with bankruptcy pr... Read More...

Life After TikTok? — WMG Licenses ‘Connyct’ in Limited-Audience Release

Ashley King

September 26, 2024

Warner Music Group licenses mobile short-form video app Connyct as potential US TikTok ban looms large. As TikTok faces a potential ban in the United States, a new platform appears hoping to seize the opport... Read More...

Believe Completes Doğan Acquisition, Sets Sights on ‘Supercharging the Growth and Global Reach’ of Signed Artists

Dylan Smith

September 25, 2024

Believe has officially completed its acquisition of Doğan Music Company, which is billed as Turkey’s largest indie label. The Paris-headquartered buyer reached out with word of the deal’s wrap today, after f... Read More...

Universal Music UK David Joseph departure

Mini Shake-Up Continues at Universal Music UK as Longtime Chairman/CEO David Joseph Replaced

Ashley King

September 24, 2024

Universal Music UK announces the appointment of Dickon Stainer as Chairman and CEO, following the departure of David Joseph after 17 years. Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has annou... Read More...

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

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South Korean Authorities Investigating Massive Hybe Data Breach

IMPALA Isn’t Popping the Champagne on WMG’s Acquisition of Zebralution

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

Chartmetric & Base for Music’s New Playbook Tackles the Gap Between Music Data and Marketing Action

Range Music Signs Disney Channel Alum Meg Donnelly

Months After Moving to ‘Supercharge’ Its Acquisition Strategy, Warner Music Announces Cloud 9 Label Purchase

Reservoir Acquires Producer Catalog of Jack Douglas

FUGA Pushes Further Into AUS & NZ With Unified & Commonfolk Partnerships

Warner Music’s Never-Ending Realignment Continues as A&R, Marketing Positions Announced

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

Proper Group — Formerly Utopia Music — ‘Disappointed’ by Swiss Bankruptcy Proceeding: ‘We Are of Course Appealing This Decision’

Believe Completes Doğan Acquisition, Sets Sights on ‘Supercharging the Growth and Global Reach’ of Signed Artists

Mini Shake-Up Continues at Universal Music UK as Longtime Chairman/CEO David Joseph Replaced