According to a recent filing, Snapchat may be taking more steps into the music industry and potentially build yet another TikTok competitor. Picked up by Business Insider, Voisey’s filing on Companies House changed their registered…
After purchasing Big Machine Label Group, including Taylor Swift’s masters, Scooter Braun sells these on just 18 months later. Scooter Braun purchased Big Machine Label Group in June last year for around $330m, this acquisition…
Apple, Sony and two other unidentified companies are rumoured to be in talks with podcast network Wondery for an acquisition worth $300-400 million. The two other companies reportedly don’t include Spotify. US-based company Wondery are…
Live music in virtual reality startup and future owner of Napster – MelodyVR report disappointing half-yearly earning results for 2020. MelodyVR recently published their earnings for the first six months of 2020, generating just £189.9k…
Music streaming and live events platform LiveXLive are to acquire 100% of Illinois-based online merch and gift company Custom Personalization Solutions. LiveXLive are looking to expand into the merch business with their latest acquisition of…
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…