News Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music acquires The Wombats publishing catalog Company has acquired the publishing rights to the band's first four albums
News Bell Partners and Larrosa form strategic alliance, backed by $350m in investments, to acquire music catalogs and companies Bell Partners was founded by veteran writer, producer and executive Hayden Bell
News Universal Music strikes ‘landmark’ strategic distribution deal with China’s Modern Sky Founded in 1997, Modern Sky is home to a roster of over 150 artists
News After raising $165m at a $1bn valuation, Create Music Group acquires UK-based label Ostereo Ostereo founder Howard Murphy to exit the company
News Partisan, the independent label home of IDLES and Blondshell, inks global distribution deal with Virgin Music Group Partisan is home to artists such as IDLES, Blondshell, PJ Harvey, Cigarettes After Sex, Laura Marling, Ezra Collective, and more
News Lucy Huang appointed Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore Exec will be responsible for the company’s development and strategic direction of new technology and products
News HarbourView acquires master royalty income of Grammy-winning Jazz star George Benson Benson has released 36 studio albums and eight live albums
Analysis News Amazon Music to bundle Audiobooks from Audible – and unlike Spotify’s bundling move, publishers say it won’t decrease revenue for songwriters Audible’s library includes a US catalog of more than 1 million audiobooks
News Taylor Lindsey promoted to Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville Ken Robold also named President and Chief Operating Officer of Sony Music Nashville
News Jin of BTS is the latest artist to launch an interactive hub on TikTok to promote new solo album, ‘Happy’ TikTok has partnered with K-Pop superstar Jin on a new multimedia campaign in support of his first solo album, Happy,
News Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japan Exec joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, where he most recently served as Senior Executive Producer
News Nas’s Mass Appeal expands into Pakistan, partners with two of the country’s biggest artists, Talha Anjum and Umair Company says the move aims to highlight the country’s "dynamic and evolving" hip hop scene
News Boomplay MD Phil Choi exits, joins Warner Music Group as Head of Business Development for APAC region Exec to report to New York-based Allen Coye, who heads up business development for Recorded Music at WMG
News Chris Taylor launches management company, Hall of Fame Artists Taylor is former president and CEO of Blackstone-owned MNRK Music Group
News Jedd Katrancha named Chief Creative Officer at Downtown Music Publishing Katrancha will oversee A&R, business development, and sync