British music industry executive Alexi Cory-Smith, who co-founded with Neelesh Prabhu independent music company Bella Figura, has died at the age of 58. The news was shared by Bella Figura staff through a blogpost on LinkedIn. “Alexi Cory-Smith 1967-2026. We are devastated to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of our co-founder and CEO, Alexi Cory-Smith," reads the post.

I The post continued: "Alexi built Bella Figura Music from the ground up, bringing the vision and passion from a su...

US-based independent music company Exceleration Music in partnership with Tokyo-based rights administrator and distributor NexTone have acquired the recording and publishing catalog of Ryuichi Sakamoto directly from the Sakamoto estate. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

As per the agreement, Exceleration Music will manage and collect income for the catalogues' rights outside of Asia, with NexTone overseeing operations within Asia, partnering with Fuji Pacific for publishing rights a...

Independent music company Reservoir Media has signed singer-songwriter Jarrett Doherty, the frontman of alt-pop/rock duo Jady, to a worldwide publishing agreement, in a deal that includes Doherty’s full catalogue and future works. This is the first signing through Reservoir’s newly launched joint venture with Tinman, the publishing company founded by Reservoir writer Sam Tinnesz.“A couple years ago I began writing with other people," explained Doherty. "Not far into that journey I met Sam Tinnes...