UK music bodies express concern over future of ‘vital’ BBC Introducing music discovery platform
A group of industry bodies in the UK have written to Richard Sharp, Chair of the Board at British...
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Warner partners with e-commerce platform LGND.io and blockchain firm Polygon on new collectables platform
Warner Music Group (WMG) is expanding its presence in the Web3 space through a new collaboration with e-commerce and...
Artist financing platform beatBread closes $100m fund to ’empower independent artists and labels’
Music funding platform beatBread has been making a lot of head-turning headlines this year. In February, for example, the...
Raoul Chatterjee joins UK-based vinyl platform elasticStage as Chief Operating Officer
UK-based on-demand vinyl platform elasticStage has appointed music industry veteran Raoul Chatterjee as its new Chief Operating Officer. The...
Curve Royalty Systems launches ‘Curve Lite’ platform for smaller labels, distributors and publishers
Curve Royalty Systems, the London-headquartered music technology company, has unveiled a new version of its industry-acclaimed platform specifically designed...
Sony Music catalog pulled from Resso, TikTok’s sister subscription platform
For some time, the music industry has wondered what might happen if TikTok launched a subscription music platform. In...
Blockchain music platform Opulous launches fund to buy copyrights
Catalog acquisitions and Web3 innovations: Perhaps the two music industry narratives that have generated the most headlines in the...
Diplo, Red Light Management, Kevin Liles and more join $12m round for social audio platform Stationhead
Social music platform Stationhead has closed a $12 million Series A financing round led by Buttonwood Group Advisors. The...
Music tech platform IndieFlow raises $4m
Israel-based music tech platform IndieFlow, described as an “Operating System for independent music creators”, has raised $4 million in...
135,000 artists are now getting paid through SoundCloud’s Fan-Powered Royalties platform
In April 2021, SoundCloud launched its industry-first ‘Fan-Powered Royalties’ platform – its own branding of the user-centric streaming payment...