January, 2021

Jimmy Iovine sells producer catalog royalties to Hipgnosis (so he can build a school)
Iovine is investing the proceeds into building an inner-city high school in LA Source...

Universal Music bolsters leadership in Africa, with Sipho Dlamini promoted to CEO of South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
UMG also hires Elouise Kelly and Chinedu Okeke in senior roles on continent Source...

Ryan Payne promoted to Global Head of Marketing at Glassnote
Payne was previously Head of Marketing and has been with the company since 2015 Source...

This Spotify chart data reveals a whole lot about the UK music industry’s last 12 months
EMI Records Streaming Manager, Alex Bingham, crunches the numbers that drove Spotify's chart last year Source...

Warner Chappell Music France inks global deal with Aya Nakamura
Artist and songwriter recently topped the French charts with Plus Jamais feat Stormzy Source...

DJ Semtex launches new weekly podcast series, Hip Hop Raised Me
Series starts on January 11 with Chuck D of Public Enemy Source...

Live Nation to raise additional $500m in debt
$500m will be raised via a secured note sale, according to a release published on December 17 Source...

Warner Music Group inks licensing deal with TikTok
Agreement marks video platform's second major label deal Source...

Audio streaming volume grew by its biggest EVER amount in the UK in 2020, as Brits turned to music during pandemic lockdown
But it was a less good year for CD albums, with sales down by nearly a third on 2019 Source...

Hipgnosis fully acquires Lindsey Buckingham song catalog, including 100% writer and publisher share of Fleetwood Mac hits
Buckingham's songs from Rumours have been streamed over a billion times on Spotify alone Source...

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