After reports last week from the Wall Street Journal, SiriusXM confirm a deal with Stitcher for $25m more than initially expected. Originally owned by Deezer, Stitcher was sold to E.W Scripps in 2016 for $4.5m….
It has come out that Spotify are purchasing The Ringer Podcast Network to add some of the most popular podcasts around to their 700,000+ library. The Ringer Podcast Network is home to some of the…
It now official. Tencent consortium has officially confirmed they are acquiring 10% of Universal Music Group for over $3 billion. Two other key elements of the deal: (i) the Consortium can, over the next 12…
Guitar Hero but with lightsabers in virtual reality and you have to dodge and shimmy as you musically strike: now coming to Facebook on Oculus. Facebook have announced that Beat Games will be joining them…
Valence are looking to acquire SoundScan so that Billboards charts and music data are all under one umbrella. Billboard and SoundScan work closely together, with the latter providing music data and analytics to inform the…
Spotify have purchased Parcast to tell stories through the ever-expanding platform of podcasts on the music streaming giant. Earlier today Spotify announced their acquisition of Parcast; “a premier storytelling-driven podcast studio”. They’ve been making waves…
Ticketmaster have expanded their grip on ticket sales around the world with the purchase of one of Australia’s biggest ticketers. Australian ticketing firm Moshtix is now owned by Live Nation and their subsidiary, ticketing giants…
Apple have cleared Shazam’s mobile of it’s adverts for a clean music discovery experience without distractions when you want to find the songs playing around you. Apple completed their acquisition of song recognition and discovery…
Pandora’s music streaming service has now officially been acquired by SiriusXM creating a mega music entertainment company. In September Pandora agreed to a purchase of their services in a $3.5 billion “all-stock transition” by Sirius…
Apple haven’t acquired a music analytics startup as people thought, but they have taken it’s three founders to help them scout out the best and biggest new music coming out. On Sunday a report came…