BMG has acquired publishing interests in the catalogue of Australian rock band Jet, in a transaction that covers the publishing interests of three of the four...
British music rights management company Y Royalties has appointed Paritosh Dagar as Chief Technology and AI Officer (CTAO). Dagar joins from KPMG, where he served as...
PPL has signed Irish singer-songwriter CMAT for the collection of international neighbouring rights royalties. The British neighbouring rights society said that upon signing with PPL, CMAT...
The UK's Performing Right Society has appointed Dobs Vye, Emily Phillips, Simon Anderson and Ross Greening as new Directors to its Members’ Council at its Annual...
USA Kobalt's Leslie Ahrens Independent music publisher Kobalt has promoted Leslie Ahrens to the position of Managing Director and Executive Vice President, Creative, Latin America, taking...
These are some of the main music deals announced in the past weeks: Bertlelsmann‘s music division BMG and Great Mountain Partners-backed independent music company Concord will merge their operations to create...
$725 billion That's how much Google’s parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft collectively plan to spend in capital expenditures in 2026, mostly on AI infrastructure such as data...
European independent labels' organisation IMPALA has urged the European Union to adopt a coordinated EU cultural industrial strategy "to unlock the full potential of Europe’s cultural...
Book publishing houses Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishing Group and McGraw Hill, alongside author Scott Turow, have filed a putative class action lawsuit...
Warner Music Group's revenue increased 16.7%, or 12% in constant currency, to $1.73bn for the three months ended March 31, 2026, corresponding to the company's second...
