Metadata and media asset management company AudioSalad has been acquired by US rights society SESAC, part of the Blackstone-owned group of companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

AudioSalad is a digital media and metadata management platform, delivery provider and distribution company providing services to labels, artists and distributors. SESAC said AudioSalad will continue to be based in New York operate as a stand-alone company, part of SESAC Music Group, under the leaders...

Data specialist and ISNI matching service Quansic has overhauled and redesigned Data Explorer, the website providing access to Quansic's Artist identifiers' database to make it "faster, more modern, and more user-friendly than ever before, according to Founder FX Nuttall.

The website revamp coincides with a new milestone for Quansic as the Switzerland-based company has unveiled that it now counts in its database over 180 million industry identifiers, with 26 million party IDs (ISNI, IPI, IP...

Digital rights management company Muserk has appointed Sophia Pin as Music Rights Technical Administrator.

Based in Nashville, Pin will be responsible for day-to-day delivery, management of, and insights into client assets across all endpoints, including Muserk Dashboard, The MLC, YouTube, Spotify, Apple, BMI, ASCAP and others.

Pin will play "an integral role in rights management and business development efforts," said the company, She will also "resolve ownership conflicts, mon...