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Kobalt inks publishing deal with country songwriter Derrick Southerland, acquires portion of song catalog
Independent music publisher Kobalt has signed a global publishing deal with Derrick Southerland, the Grammy- and Country Music Awards-nominated songwriter...
TikTok to integrate Chordal’s sync licensing tech with its commercial music library
TikTok has signed a multi-year deal with music licensing technology company Chordal to integrate its InstantClear technology into the platform’s...
After being sued by Warner for copyright infringement, DSW files lawsuit against UMG, Sony and BMG seeking court protection over music usage in TikTok, Instagram posts
Shoe retailer DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse has filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against Sony Music, Universal Music, and BMG.The lawsuit,...
Key Songs In The Life Of… Golnar Khosrowshahi
MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the...
Oak View Group CEO Timothy Leiweke indicted by DOJ for alleged arena bid rigging scheme
Timothy Leiweke, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of venue developer Oak View Group (OVG), is being indicted by the...
HYBE reveals finalists for SANTOS BRAVOS, its first-ever Latin music boy group
A key part of the strategy for HYBE’s global expansion is to bring to the world the “K-pop methodology” that...
Fictional K-pop groups from Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ dominate streaming charts
Two fictional K-pop groups from Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters are seeing significant streaming success, with their songs occupying...
Dion Brant appointed President and CEO of AEG Presents Asia Pacific
Dion Brant, the CEO of AEG Presents’ Australian concert promoter Frontier Touring, has been appointed President and CEO of AEG...
200+ people sign letter objecting to UMG’s proposed takeover of Downtown, including 20 employees from Beggars Group and Secretly Group companies
The world of independent music is vast and broad.For example, Merlin says it represents the rights of over 30,000 indie...
Big Machine Label forms cross-genre label with former Republic Records exec Joel Klaiman
Two executives who supported Taylor Swift’s early music have reunited to launch a new record label focused on developing cross-genre...
