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Death Row Pictures, the newly-formed film production unit of Snoop Dogg-owned Death Row Records, is launching a production music unit called Death Row Pro. The new venture will serve as a production music arm of Death Row Records, for licensing newly created music for TV, film, ads etc. Death Row Pictures has partnered with Extreme Music, the […]

Karol G is the ‘Most Watched Artist’ globally on music video platform Vevo for the third consecutive year, attracting 4.7 billion global views in 2023. Shakira came in second with 3.2 billion views, Taylor Swift with 3 billion views, The Weeknd with 2.5 billion, and Feid with 2.2 billion. The runners-up include Eminem (1.8bn views), Romeo Santos (1.6bn views), Imagine Dragons (1.5bn views), Rihanna (1.4bn views), and Chris Brown (1.4bn views). The ‘Most Watched Music Video’ of 2023 across the globe was

Internet service provider Altice USA is facing another lawsuit from music rightsholders over its alleged enabling of widespread music piracy through its service. Late last year, Altice was hit with a $1-billion lawsuit on behalf of music rightsholders including Universal Music Group, BMG, and Concord Music Group, who sought to have the internet provider held accountable for “millions” of alleged infringements of

Music industry veteran Barry Weiss, CEO and Co-Founder of music labels RECORDS and RECORDS Nashville (in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment), has launched Bossy Songs. Bossy Songs (formerly TwentySeven Music Publishing) is a new publishing venture in partnership with Sony Music Publishing. The new publishing venture has also announced its first official signing, Los Angeles-based songwriter/producer Dan Gleyzer.

SoundCloud is expanding its global artist services, via a new partnership with Patrick Moxey’s Helix and PayDay Records. The partnership will see the music streaming platform identify and refer promising emerging artists on its service for potential signing with Helix or PayDay. According to SoundCloud, by leveraging its global platform and Helix and PayDay Records’ “expertise”, the

Australia-headquartered ticketing company TEG has appointed Cameron Hoy, the current Managing Director of its Ticketek subsidiary, as the group’s new Chief Operating Officer & Head of Global Ticketing, effective Tuesday (December 12). In his expanded role, Hoy will oversee various facets of TEG’s operations, spanning the Data Science, Analytics and Digital divisions, as well as Product and