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Riptide Teams With Repost by Soundcloud to Offer Marketing Support for...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Riptide Music Group has tapped SoundCloud-owned artist services business Repost by SoundCloud to support its new record label. The company...

Warner Records Inks Pact With Gee Roberson and Jean Nelson’s BPG...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "According to a statement, BPG Music and Warner Records’ partnership “focuses on providing a gateway for young black artists and entrepreneurs who...

Universal Music Pulls Song Catalog From Triller, Saying TikTok Copycat ‘Shamefully’...

Variety reports: "Universal Music Group has removed its entire music library from video app Triller, a would-be TikTok competitor, alleging Triller has withheld payments...

Answers to questions about Copyright in 2021

Hypebot reports: "Although they were easy to miss in the end of year kerfuffle, several new copyright bill and proposals were not only announced,...

Licensing Platform Pex Secures $57m Investment From Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "The round was joined by existing investors with additional participation from Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment, the CueBall Group, NexGen Ventures...

Vevo Launches Moods, an Ad Product That Targets Users Based on...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Vevo has launched a new curation product called Moods, designed to help advertisers target the platform’s users more effectively." Read more

IHeartMedia Buys Ad Tech Firm Triton Digital From E.W. Scripps For...

Deadline reports: "IHeartMedia said Wednesday it’s buying Triton Digital, a leading ad tech provider in the podcast and audio space, from E.W. Scripps Company...

$424 Million Up for Grabs as Music Streaming Services Fill MLC’s...

Variety reports: "The Mechanical Licensing Collective announced Tuesday that it has received a total of $424,384,787 in accrued historical unmatched royalties from Spotify, Apple...

Big Hit and Universal ‘Rewrite Global Music History’ With Joint K-Pop...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Universal Music Group and Korea’s Big Hit Entertainment have announced details of a “history making project” that will see the...

Hipgnosis Is Buying Music Libraries — and Plans to Spend $1...

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "A former music manager’s company has acquired more than 100 publishing catalogs, including a 50 percent stake in Neil Young’s,...