Spotify, Warner Music Group Strike Podcast Deal Tapping WMG’s Artist and Songwriter Catalogs

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNBCUniversal has instituted a production assistant training program in New Mexico aimed at residents who are interested in pursuing a career in film and television production.The two-day training program, scheduled for May 22 and 23, will be free to accepted applicants and will cover everything from set protocol and production terminology to preparing resumes and finding production jobs.In partnership with Goodwill New Mexico, the program was created to

Goodwill Industries of New Mexico and NBCUniversal are partnering on a first-of-its-kind Production Assistant Training Program, to take place in New Mexico.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group posted strong results for the quarter that ended March 31, with $117 million in net income on revenues of $1.25 billion.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group has announced a partnership with and investment in virtual entertainment company Wave, which has hosted livestreams by the Weekend, John Legend, Tinashe and others. According to the announcement, Wave will develop virtual performances, experiences, and monetization opportunities for WMG’s global roster of emerging and established artists.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGoldman Sachs’ annual “Music in the Air” study is widely recognized in the music industry as an optimistic but authoritative survey of the business — and yet again, it will make Universal Music Group very happy, as it has valued the company at a whopping $53 billion ahead of its IPO, expected this fall.That’s up from the $36 billion posited in last year’s report, and shows the strength of the recorded-music and publishing businesses, which are primary among UMG’s

Chinese pop music superstar JJ Lin has signed with UTA for U.S. and European representation in all areas.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify, the world’s top paid music-streaming service; Hybe, the company formerly known as Big Hit that spawned BTS; and Clubhouse, the actual-human-conversation-based social-media platform launched just last spring, have made Time magazine’s annual “100 Most Influential Companies” list.According to the announcement, “To assemble it, Time solicited nominations across sectors including health care, entertainment, transportation, technology and more, from our global

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWEA, the Label and Artist Services division of Warner Music Group, today announced that Benjamin Blank has been named president of media, a newly created position. In this role, Blank will lead WMG’s new digital advertising and creative content division, unifying WMG’s digital advertising under one unit.

statement, is an effort to boost music discovery via the social media app, whether it’s recommendations from friends or verified users and pages.Free users will have access to the function but on shuffle mode and ads from Spotify added.Countries currently with access to this function are Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua,

John Travolta is opening up about life after Kelly Preston‘s death.

The NFL has inked one more TV deal. Following its blockbuster 10-year, $100 billion rights deal with Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and Amazon, the league has signed a less valuable but still strategically significant agreement with Hulu.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe National Football League is calling a new audible — a bunch of them, actually.The NFL formed an exclusive multiyear podcast partnership with iHeartMedia, a deal that encompasses plans to coproduce and distribute two dozen new original shows.Under the pact, iHeartMedia will distribute NFL Media’s seven existing podcasts — “Around the NFL,” “Move the Sticks,” “NFL Fantasy Football,” “Huddle and Flow,” “NFL Total Access: The Locker Room,” “Good Morning Football”

Latin American Music Awards debut!The 20-year-old Mexican American singing sensation brought her signature rainbow-colored locks and husky-smooth voice to the annual awards show on Thursday. Already boasting more than 1.7 million followers on TikTok, Castillo rocked the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, performing an euphoric rendition of Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez's classic «Bésame Mucho.»Castillo wore a pale pink ensemble that featured a silver skirt, tights and knee-high boots.

Last year, Ben Wheatley snuck out of lockdown and decided to make a horror film, “In the Earth.” Now, months later, he’s ready to share his new indie feature with the world.

Newly unveiled Televisa-Univision is heading worldwide to beat out Spanish-language pay TV rivals in what top executives see as a largely untapped global market beyond the U.S. and Mexico.