April, 2025

Kygo’s Palm Tree Crew raises $20m in WME-led Series B, pushing valuation to $215m
A combination of existing and new investors also participated in the round. Source...

NMPA names Ralph Peer II as Chair after 54 years on the board; Golnar Khosrowshahi elected Vice Chair
The election followed the retirement of former Board Chairman Irwin Z. Robinson Source...

HarbourView leads $30m investment in Oscar-winning animation studio Lion Forge Entertainment
Investment arrives three months after HarbourView secured $500m in additional debt financing from investment giant KKR Source...

Spotify is finally launching lossless – but it’s not part of a ‘super premium’ tier
Lossless listening is rolling out to Spotify Premium subscribers Source...

Saumil Mehta joins Ticketmaster as Global President to lead ‘AI transformation’ at the Live Nation-owned company
Mehta will report directly to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. Source...

UK’s Jukebox launches $15m fund to invest in music, culture, tech startups
The fund aims to invest in startups at 'the convergence of music, technology, and culture' Source...

Sacred Bones Records joins Secretly’s All Flowers Group portfolio of labels
The partnership builds on an existing relationship as Sacred Bones has relied on Secretly Distribution to get its releases to market. Source...

IFPI shuts down Y2mate.com and 11 other ‘stream-ripping’ sites in Vietnam
Most domains, including Y2mate.com, now in IFPI’s possession as part of wider anti-piracy campaign Source...

Frank Sinatra name, image and likeness rights acquired by Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (report)
Azoff said at Bloomberg's Screentime conference last week that the company 'recently acquired a chunk of the Sinatra estate.' Source...

Warner Music merges Benelux-GSA businesses; Niels Walboomers named President, as Central Europe bosses Doreen Schimk & Fabian Drebes exit
Company combines recorded music businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, with those in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria under the Warner Music Central Europe banner Source...

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