Warner Music and Spotify Announce 'Expanded' Licensing Deal

© Getty BOREHAMWOOD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 16: Rochelle and Marvin Humes pose for a portrait backstage at BBC Children In Need's 2018 appeal night at Elstree Studios on November 16, 2018 in Borehamwood, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) and are doing their bit to cheer up couples who have had to cancel or postpone their weddings by launching a money-can't-buy competition.

LONDON – Warner Music Group is aligning its senior leadership team in one of the world’s biggest music markets with the promotion of Andy Ma to the new role of CEO, Warner Music Greater China, responsible for the company’s operations in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Ma joined Warner in 2011 and has headed its China division since 2018, when h

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Warner Music Group (WMG) has appointed Oana Ruxandra to the role of chief digital officer & executive vp of business development, where she will oversee the label group's global digital strategy.

Selena Quintanilla’s music legacy not only lives on through her five studio albums, but her array of music videos. 25 years after her death, fans have chance to remember the Queen of Tejano through the images she has left behind. The Mexican American songstress brought the essence and craft of her songs to life through the visuals which have been viewed on YouTube over a million times.

Carla Morrison is joining forces with Mexican online thrift store GoTrendier to raise money for music workers like engineers, technicians, managers, photographers and touring staff to help them financially during the global pandemic.The initiative is called "Volveremos A Tocar," which loosely translates to "we will play again," consists of shopping through Morrison's closet to purchase some of the Mexican singer-songwriter's outfits and 100 percent of the purchase will go directly to workers who

Netflix’s crime drama, Ozark, recently returned to the streaming service for its third season. Jason Bateman stars as Marty Byrde, a financial advisor who gets involved with a Mexican drug cartel and is forced to relocate his family to the Lake of the Ozarks region of central Missouri.

Joan Sebastian would have turned 69 Wednesday (April 8). The Mexican singer and writer of achingly beautiful songs -- who landed 42 Hot Latin Songs hits -- died July 12, 2015, at his ranch in Juliantla, Mexico, after a 13-year battle with bone cancer.

Roswell, New Mexico's Isobel Evans has been through a lot over the past few weeks.  First, she discovered that her husband was not who she thought he was, and was secretly an evil alien who compelled her to kill someone a decade ago. Then he died, and her brother Max died, and the girl she had been compelled to kill came back to life.

LONDON – Warner is looking to grow its share of the fast-developing music market in Southeast Asia with the opening of its first dedicated office in Vietnam.Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Warner Music Vietnam will be led by managing director Lisa Nguyen, who joins the major from digital media company Zing Media, owned by Vietnam's VNG Corporation.Nguyen reports to Warner Music Asia president Simon Robson.

Warner Music Mexico and Warner Music Latin America are debuting a series of artist hosted mini specials titled “Mi Casa, Tu Casa” (My House, Your House).Each roughly eight-minute “episode” will feature a Warner act hosting a digital gathering from their home that includes a mini performance of covers and favorite songs.

Lady Gaga called in to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday (April 1) for what host Jimmy Fallon promised was a major announcement, but things didn't go exactly as planned.

At the stroke of 8 a.m. ET, Spotify and Warner Music announced that they have renewed their global licensing deal. The two companies are believed to have been out of contract for around nine months, although that is not an uncommon situation for streaming services and music companies.

BMG Production Music has named Dan Pounder (pictured at right) to co-head alongside EVP and global managing director John Clifford. Pounder will head finance, operations and systems for the Berlin-based company which specializes in pre-cleared and custom production music services servicing content creators across broadcast, films, trailers, games and advertising. 

Spotify isn’t just for adults anymore.The streaming service’s first standalone app for children, Spotify Kids, launched in beta on Tuesday (March 31) in the U.S., Canada and France.

Rosa came back from the dead, and so did all of her problems.  At the end of season one of Roswell, New Mexico, Rosa (Amber Midthunder) was brought back to life after she was discovered to be preserved in an alien pod underground. Unfortunately, Max Evans (Nathan Dean Parsons) had to sacrifice himself to save her, and now not only does Rosa have to live with that guilt, but she's also got Max contacting her from what may or may not be purgatory, asking her to prevent Liz from saving him.

Amber Midthunder didn’t have to go far from home to film her role in “Roswell, New Mexico.”

Warner Music Group has made a donation to MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund launched last week, CEO Steve Cooper said in a memo to the company’s staff.