Virgin Music Group — Universal Music Group's services and distribution division for the independent sector — has entered into "a definitive agreement" to acquire independent music...
IMPALA, the Brussels-based organisation representing independent music companies, is calling for European regulators to investigate the full acquisition of one of their former members, [PIAS], by...
Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot, the founders of [PIAS], have sold the remaining shares they hold in the Brussels-based independent music company to Universal Music Group...
Paris-based music company Believe has received the approval from Turkey's competition regulator to acquire full ownership of the country's largest independent label Doğan Music Company (DMC)....
Music streaming platform Mixcloud has acquired British-based booking service Encore for an undisclosed amount. Mixcloud said Encore will "continue to operate as an independent brand, booking...
Sony Music Entertainment's division Sony Music Masterworks has taken a majority stake in Los Angeles-based Black Sky Creative, specialised in the production of immersive entertainment, experiential...
Warner Music Brazil and Warner Music Group's distribution and services division ADA have invested in the Sua Música group, which owns the largest Brazilian music platform...
Euronext Paris-listed Believe has acquired a 25% stake in Global Records, a Bucharest-based independent dance music company. This new deal expands from a previous distribution agreement...
MultiChoice has concluded that the offer made by Vivendi-owned media group Canal+ to acquire the shares it does not already own in the South African pay...
Canadian entertainment company Loft Entertainment, founded by former Universal Music Canada's CEO Randy Lennox, and US-based venue development and management firm Oak View Group (OVG), have...
