Alisha Outridge named Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore

Alisha Outridge has been named the first Chief Technology & Product Officer at the Believe [245 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/believe/”>Believe-owned TuneCore [165 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/believe/tunecore/”>TuneCore. TuneCore says Outridge’s appointment in this newly created role “underscores”... Read more »

Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and video

“Iconic works and iconic writers. Works that have defined and have moved culture.” That’s how Sir Lucian Grainge [442 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/people/sir-lucian-grainge/”>Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group [2,739 articles]”... Read more »

London-based music agency Leland Music makes raft of promotions and hires

London-based music supervision agency Leland Music has announced a series of promotions and hires. Ed Bailie has been promoted to Managing Director, while Toby Williams takes the reins as Director. Liz Devine,... Read more »

Music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass to exit Round Hill Carlin as UK MD

Respected music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass, the current UK MD of Round Hill Carlin, is leaving the company at the end of June. Godfrey-Cass has announced that he’s departing the publisher after... Read more »

Kimberly Knoller named Chief Marketing Officer at deadmau5’s metaverse platform PIXELYNX

PIXELYNX, the gaming and music metaverse company co-founded by deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin, has appointed Kimberly Knoller to the role of Chief Marketing Officer. In her new role, Knoller will oversee all... Read more »

Brigitte Green promoted to Senior Vice President Film & TV Creative Licensing at Interscope Geffen A&M Records

Brigitte Green has been promoted to Senior Vice President Film & TV Licensing at Interscope Geffen A&M Records. In her expanded role, Green will continue to oversee the placement of music from... Read more »

Kanye West sued for allegedly sampling Chicago House legend Marshall Jefferson’s music without permission

Kanye West has been hit with a lawsuit for the alleged copyright infringement of a sample used in the track Flowers on his Donda 2 album. The legal action was filed in... Read more »

Independent rock and metal label Earache Records launches music distribution platform

Prominent UK-born independent rock and metal label Earache Records is launching a music distribution service called Earache Digital Distribution (EDD). Founded in Nottingham, UK, by Digby Pearson 35 years ago, Earache has... Read more »

Anghami acquires events and concerts company Spotlight, as it expands into live entertainment

MENA focused music streaming service Anghami [41 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/anghami/”>Anghami is expanding into live events. Anghami has acquired Spotlight Events, a company specialized in managing and executing live events and concerts in the... Read more »

TikTok rival Triller files to go public on Nasdaq via ‘the largest creator IPO in history’

It’s been a while since we reported anything about Triller [58 articles]” href=”https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/companies/triller/”>Triller going public. But a lot’s been going on. In December, Triller announced that it (via Triller Hold Co LLC)... Read more »