Member Updates
Music Biz broadcasts the latest announcements from around our community on our social feeds as our member companies continue to push the industry forward. If you are launching a new product, have been featured in an industry trade publication, or have a major announcement coming soon, we’d love to help spread the word — share it with Henryk Bik, Music Biz’s Communications & Content Manager, at henryk.bik@musicbiz.org.
NEW FOR 2024 Music Biz’s member news will be shared exclusively on our social channels, as the Member Updates section of our website is set to go offline later this year.
November 9, 2021 – Music Biz Member SoundCloud Partners With Splice To Launch Nova Emerging Artist Program
SoundCloud and Splice have partnered to launch Nova, a contest series for emerging artists. Select Nova artists will have their music promoted on SoundCloud’s Distribution Network, while the top four “SuperNovas” selected by teams at Splice and SoundCloud will get “enhanced marketing and distribution services,” which include distribution support, investment, amplification from SoundCloud on their next project, and $20,000 for marketing. “As leaders in new music discovery and creator empowerment, SoundCloud and Splice share the same DIY ethos to elevate the emerging artists and thriving communities found on our platforms who are driving music culture forward,” said Jeff Ponchick,... Read More
November 9, 2021 – Music Biz Member Pex Launches Platform Guarantee To Provide Insurance-Like Coverage For UGC Platforms
Digital rights technology company Pex has introduced Platform Guarantee, a first-of-its-kind service providing “insurance-like” coverage for user-generated content (UGC) platforms. Pex’s Platform Guarantee will cover up to $50 million of copyright-related damages and legal fees under the European Union’s Copyright Directive (EUCD) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The service will ensure that platforms are safe from copyright-related claims, allowing them to focus on building the core of their product and servicing their users, instead of dedicating resources to liability management.... Read More
November 8, 2021 – Music Biz Member Songtrust Is Hiring – Business Data Analyst Intern (Sp. 2022)
Songtrust is the world’s largest technology solution for global music publishing royalty collection and administration. The company was founded to simplify music rights management and remove the complexity of the publishing landscape. Songtrust’s core mission is to help musicians, publishers, labels, and distributors easily track and collect global publishing royalties for their music catalogs. Songtrust maintains the most extensive, accessible publishing network in the music industry by having relationships across more than sixty pay sources around the world covering more than 245 countries and territories.... Read More
November 7, 2021 – Music Biz Member Utopia Music Acquires Lyric Financial
Music-minded financial tech company, Utopia Music has acquired Nashville-based Lyric Financial, helping the company expand the reach of its services into the United States. The move also assists Utopia’s mission to build a platform that, “brings a completely new approach to serving all music industry needs and to enable accounting, transparency and efficiency, repairing the fragmented industry along the way.” Lyric will continue to serve its current client base as part of the acquisition. “The acquisition of Lyric Financial represents yet another milestone on our journey of becoming the leading financial services provider and growth partner in music,”... Read More
November 4, 2021 – Music Biz Members TuneCore and Peloton Partner, Adding Indie Music To Fitness Platform
DIY music distribution platform, TuneCore and interactive fitness platform, Peloton have entered a new partnership that will allow artists using TuneCore to distribute their music to push their songs to the Peloton platform. This opens up TuneCore’s artists to a new audience of more than 5.9 million users, helping to power their workouts as they discover new music. “There is a deep connection between music and fitness, with the right music improving the quality of workouts by increasing stamina,... Read More
November 4, 2021 – Music Biz Member Vevo Announces 2022 DSCVR Artists To Watch
This week, Vevo unveiled the 21 young global artists it has named to the 2022 edition of its DSCVR Artists to Watch list. Each of this year’s honorees will benefit from the opportunity to work with Vevo to develop live performance content to help boost their audience worldwide, and will be profiled by Music Business Worldwide throughout the month of November. “This annual taste-making program is the pride of Vevo’s in-house editorial team of music lovers,”... Read More
November 3, 2021 – Music Biz Member Vydia Partners With Dre London To Launch New Label
Music technology platform, Vydia has partnered with Post Malone’s manager, Dre London, to launch and power the industry executive’s new label, London Music Group. As part of the partnership, Vydia will supply the label’s team with a full suite of A/V supply chain, global distribution, analytics, copyright management, and revenue reporting tools. “Dre has an innate ability to discover talent and create superstars on a global level,” said Vydia CEO & Co-Founder, Roy LaManna. “We’re excited to work with him and provide him the tools he needs across the board to run this new label.”... Read More
November 2, 2021 – Music Biz Member Warner Music Group Launches Asiatic Records To Support Rap and Hip-Hop Artists In Asia
Warner Music Group has launched Asiatic Records, a new label to support Rap and Hip-Hop artists based in Asia. The label will offer its roster “an integrated array of marketing and promotional services” through combined resources and experiences from the company’s regional affiliates. While the label plans to support talent across the continent regardless of gender, Asiatic will lean heavily into supporting female artists to combat the underrepresentation of female Rap and Hip-Hop talent in recorded music from Asia. ... Read More
October 25, 2021 – Music Biz Member Amazon Music Debuts Spacial Audio Formats for Unlimited Subscribers
Amazon has begun to offer subscribers to its Amazon Music Unlimited service the ability to listen to spacial audio music tracks via the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android. The tracks come in two formats, Dolby’s Atmos and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio, and are available for the first time with users’ own headphones. Amazon previously offered the spacial audio format, but only with select supported hardware. The company says that spacial audio delivers users a,... Read More
October 25, 2021 – Music Biz Member Nettwerk Music Group Appoints Dan Medland to Lead Australia/New Zealand Operations
Independent music company, Nettwerk Music Group has announced that Dan Medland, a veteran artist manager with more than 20 years of industry experience, will represent the company’s expanding operations in Australia and New Zealand. In this role, he will also contribute to the company’s A&R and signing efforts. Medland has history with Nettwerk, previously partnering to promote British artist Passenger, whom he manages to this day. “I am extremely honored to be given such a wonderful opportunity in an incredible market,” Medland offered.... Read More
