19+ hour, 4+ min ago  (798+ words) OpenWav, a direct-to-fan platform co-founded by Wyclef Jean and 88rising's Jaeson Ma, has launched a new financing service for independent artists. Called OpenWav Artist Bank, the program offers qualifying independent artists cash advances against their streaming royalties. "Together, we aim…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago  (483+ words) FatBeats, the New York-founded indie hip-hop distributor and e-commerce retailer now owned by Rostrum Pacific, has acquired Massachusetts-based distribution company Traffic Entertainment Group and its direct-to-consumer store and imprint Get On Down. The deal brings together three companies with a…...

19+ hour, 14+ min ago  (588+ words) A new study commissioned by Meta from analytics firm Luminate positions Instagram as the music industry's most concentrated superfan environment after YouTube, with 58% of music superfans using the platform to engage with artists and nearly one in three of its…...

23+ hour, 47+ min ago  (704+ words) SoundOn, the music distribution and promotion platform owned by TikTok, is cracking down on unauthorized uploads by deploying a new detection service from content recognition firm ACRCloud. The partnership will integrate ACRCloud's newly developed Derivative Works Detection tool to detect…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1960+ words) MBW's World's Greatest Managers series profiles the best artist managers in the global business. Here we talk to Jonathan Azu, founder of Culture Collective, manager of Leon Thomas, Jon Batiste and many others, who discusses his career, his principles, and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (359+ words) SeatGeek has launched an integration with ChatGPT, letting fans search for and purchase event tickets directly through a conversation with OpenAI's chatbot. The company says it's the first ticketing platform to bring both official primary tickets and resale listings inside…...

2+ day, 36+ min ago  (367+ words) UK-based music publisher Dynamite Songs has appointed Claudia Namukasa as Catalogue Manager and Charlotte Hancock as Rights Acquisition Manager, expanding the company's rights management capabilities and supporting its acquisition strategy. The company, which focuses on acquiring and managing smaller catalogs…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (325+ words) CTM Outlander, a joint venture between Netherlands-based CTM and US-based Outlander Capital, says it has acquired the master recording catalog of American singer'songwriter Matt Simons. CTM Outlander noted that Simons" 2015 breakthrough single Catch & Release (Deepend Remix) reached No.1 in multiple…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (353+ words) TikTok has partnered with personalized video platform Cameo to allow creators in the US offer personalized video messages directly within the TikTok app. Cameo is a platform where fans pay to receive short, personalized video messages recorded by actors, celebrities,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (359+ words) Knotts, based out of the company's Nashville office,will continue reporting to Dale Esworthy, EVP, Worldwide Administration, according to an announcement on Tuesday (March 31). According to the company, Knotts retains leadership of SMP's Global Royalty Center while taking on an…...