Apple has acquired BIS Records - with the classical music label’s founder Robert Von Bahr saying that its alliance with the tech giant will help “usher in the next era of classical”c…
A spokesperson for rapper Pitbull has said that a claim in a TikTok video that he has “21 kids with eighteen different women in thirteen different countries” is “completely inaccurate and obviously comedic humour”…
Deezer has announced that it will start using a new “artist-centric” system for allocating royalties in France next month, which will prioritise “professional artists” and “active engagement”, and exclude functional audio…
Swedish tabloid Svenska Dagbladet has published a report alleging that gangs in Sweden are using Spotify as a means of laundering money obtained through criminal enterprises…
The boss of BMI has responded to speculation about an imminent sale of the US collecting society to a private equity outfit, insisting that changes at the organisation have been “mischaracterised” - though he doesn’t actually answer the specific questions songwriters have asked about those changes…
10K Projects - the music company founded by Elliot Grainge, son of Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge - has announced a joint venture with Warner Music, which will also see Grainge Junior join the major’s leadership team…
The Save The Leadmill campaign has announced that it will hold a public rally outside Sheffield Town Hall to coincide with a meeting of the city council’s licensing committee…
A new baby in the long-running BBC soap opera Eastenders has been named after Charli XCX. “Shout out my gays in the writers’ room”, said the pop star acknowledging the news.…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has reassigned song rights to a number of artists who were previously signed to his Bad Boy label, despite having received mega-bucks offers for his company’s publishing catalogue…