Music Industry Moves: The Kid LAROI Signs With Sony Publishing; Splice Raises $55 Million

Ahead of the big Grammys show this weekend, The Weeknd has said that he will never take part in the awards again.

Justin Bieber has revealed he collaborated with Khalid, The Kid LAROI and more on his forthcoming album ‘Justice’.The Canadian pop star shared a photo on social media yesterday (March 11) that revealed the album’s tracklist and names of the artists set to feature on the record.Previously released singles ‘Hold On’, ‘Anyone’, ‘Lonely’ with Benny Blanco and ‘Holy’ with Chance The Rapper appear on the board, along with new collaborations such as ‘As I Am’ featuring Khalid and ‘Unstable’ with The

Sony Music Publishing has signed producer J White Did It to a worldwide deal. Yeah, you read that right, a worldwide deal! How exciting.“I’m very excited to work with the Sony Music Publishing team”, says White, confirming the excitement.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Publishing has signed Grammy-winning songwriter/ DJ/ producer J. White Did It, known for his collaborations with Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, among others, to a worldwide deal.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSteve Greenberg, founder of S-Curve Records, is leaving the company, which he founded two decades ago and sold to BMG in 2015, he confirmed to Variety.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinger Miley Cyrus has signed with Columbia Records after seven years and four albums on RCA.

Janet Jackson has dominated the pop music industry for almost 4 decades now. As a prominent figure in the music industry, the star is all set to tell her story in the form of a two-part documentary.

coronavirus pandemic.Among the measures announced by Sunak today is the extension of the UK’s furlough scheme into September and further financial support for self-employed people during the pandemic.

Carole Horst Triumph and pain were bedfellows last year for the Korean film industry. But Berlin’s European Film Market and the imminent Hong Kong FilMart see Korean companies putting on a brave face.Korean cinemas were in a defensive mode early on in the coronavirus pandemic, as a population familiar with epidemics chose to stay away from crowded places.

Ahead of the release of her new album ‘Poster Girl’ this week, Sony Music Publishing has announced that it has signed Zara Larsson to a new global deal.“I’m so excited to start working with everyone at Sony Music Publishing”, she says. “They have such an incredible team and roster and I can’t wait to be a part of it”.Sony Music Publishing’s SVP A&R for Europe, Johnny Tennander, adds: “We’re incredibly proud to be working with Zara and to welcome her to Sony Music Publishing.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Publishing has signed rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone, whose debut EP received a rave review in Variety last fall, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. The 21-year-old singer was voted No.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSwedish singer-songwriter Zara Larsson has signed with Sony Music Publishing, the company announced Monday morning.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked screenwriter T.S. Nowlin.

Madison Beer has discussed feeling “very silenced” by older men in the music industry.The singer, who releases her debut album ‘Life Support’ today (February 26), was speaking to NME in a new cover feature.In the interview, Beer reflected on being dictated to by record executives, before learning “how to stand my ground”.“I’ve also learned how to pick my battles,” she said of her responses to the comments.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn its pursuit of carbon neutrality, BMG has committed to offsetting all of its global site and employee-related greenhouse gas emissions, the company announced. In defining a long-term strategy to avoid, reduce, and offset CO2 emissions, BMG revealed it had offset over 3,000 tons of CO2 produced in 2019 by investing in Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS) certified climate protection projects.

Boris Johnson’s “roadmap” out of lockdown.The Prime Minister announced his plan to lift coronavirus restrictions earlier today (February 22), setting out the various stages the country will go through to get “back to normal”.According to Johnson, the government will “aim to remove all legal limits on social contact” by June 21.

London Grammar frontnwoman Hannah Reid has discussed her experiences of music industry misogyny in a new interview with NME.In the new cover feature, ahead of the release of the band’s third album ‘Californian Soil’, Reid discussed being forced into wearing certain clothes on photoshoots and in performances, and how her experiences have been different from her male bandmates.Reid recalled how, in one instance, she was not allowed backstage at one of her own gigs, with her protests leading a

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIndependent label, distributor and publisher EMPIRE has opened a division in the US to help grow the local scene in West Asia and North Africa and its diaspora. To head up the territory, EMPIRE has hired Suhel Nafar (pictured above) as Vice President of Strategy & Market Development.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAustralia’s proposed legislation that will make tech giants pay local media firms for news has not yet become law. But already it is sparking historic – and contrasting – reactions from Google and Facebook, the world’s two largest vectors for digital advertising.The proposed News Media Bargaining Code was born of a study from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in April last year.