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KATSEYE: Leaving HYBE And Geffen Records?

The fans have spoken.

Thomas Rhett launches Fifty-One/Forty-Nine Records with HYBE America’s Blue Highway, in deal he says gives him ‘the oppo...

Blue Highway describes Fifty-One/Forty-Nine as an artist-led record company "built around long-term ownership, creative independence and artist development." Source

Laufey signs to Interscope Records/Verve Records

Laufey has announced her signing to Interscope Records/Verve Records.

After Some Serious Staffing Shakeups, WMG Goes Into Deal Mode with an Atlantic+Kakao K-pop Tie-Up

Following WMG’s major staffing shakeups and moves into new regions, Atlantic tees up a partnership with Kakao Entertainment to buoy K-pop artists. Warner Music Group subsidiary Atl...

Phoebe Bridgers and Sombr producer, Tony Berg, launches new JV label with Warner Records

The new label, Crime & Punishment Records, has signed singer-songwriter Elle Bramhall as its first artist. Source

2X Grammy® Winning Artist Laufey Signs to Interscope Records/Verve Records

Two-time GRAMMY® winner Laufey has signed to Interscope Records/Verve Records after establishing an extraordinary career as an internationally renowned independent artist. Over t...

G-Eazy Exits Major Label System for Joint Partnership With Ty Dolla $ign’s EZMNY Records and EMPIRE

G-Eazy is entering a new chapter. After more than a decade in the major-label system, the Bay Area rapper is taking a different route and joining forces with Ty Dolla $ign for a ne...

Gaga Music, Warp Publishing Strike New Partnership

Both independent music businesses have worked together since 2017.

Gabe Jagger’s whynow Snags WMG’s Distressed EMP Merch Play

Gabe Jagger’s whynow scoops up Warner Music Group’s direct-to-consumer brand, EMP, to create an “integrated global fan commerce platform.” Gabe Jagger’s entertainment company whyno...

Khosla Ventures-backed AI music company GRAI acquires social music platform Hangout

Hangout launched in November 2024 with a catalog of over 100 million tracks, licensed from Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Merlin. Source

Believe Joins UMG, Kobalt, and Merlin as Spotify AI Remix Content Partners

Believe and Spotify have just inked a licensing agreement for Spotify’s upcoming AI remix ‘tool,’ one that will allow fans to create remixes of songs from participating artists. Be...

Universal Music Group becomes first major music company to license TYGER, which uses AI to adapt songs to gameplay in re...

Select recordings and songs from UMG's recorded music and publishing catalogs will become available on TYGER's paid, on-demand subscription service. Source

Suno’s Post-Overhaul Dealmaking Streak Continues With Believe ‘Strategic Partnership’ — Including TuneCore Distribution...

A month and change after announcing a sweeping policy overhaul, Suno has scored another high-profile licensing deal – this time with Believe as well as its TuneCore subsidiary. Par...

Megan Thee Stallion Partners With Interscope For Global Distribution Deal

Megan Thee Stallion is taking her independent empire to a bigger stage. The three-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, entrepreneur, and philanthropist announced a new distribution pa...

Gunna launches SB THE LABEL in partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group

The new label's first three signings are Atlanta artists Casper Bluff, Nechie, and Dracc. Source

Latest Music Industry Hires: Revolution Records, Pipeline, Angry Mob Music, UMG, Believe, Pophouse, Hybe

Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of October 16th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmu...

Too Lost Music Group Strikes Deal with Xelon Entertainment—Expanding APAC Footprint

New York-headquartered Too Lost Music Group has entered into a definitive agreement with Xelon Entertainment, the long-running independent distributor with operations across APAC a...

Kakao Entertainment strikes K-pop partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group to develop artists ‘from the earliest s...

The two companies will work together on global strategy, music production, distribution, marketing, and promotion for K-pop artists. Source

The Deals: GRAI Acquires Social Music Platform Hangout; DICE Owner Fever Raises $250M

Also this week: Dan Loeb's Third Point increases its stake in Live Nation, MNRK acquires the Black Label Society catalog and more.

Piso 21 Signs Global Distribution Deal With Interscope Records: ‘What’s Coming Can Be Even Bigger’

Under this partnership, the Colombian band will continue releasing music through its own label, Tres Sietes.

HYBE’s Weverse Con Festival to make its international debut in India in 2027

HYBE, home of BTS, calls Weverse Con Festival its “flagship global music festival”, featuring global, K-pop and Indian artists. Source

BTS architect steers global expansion at Japan record label Avex

Empire Founder Ghazi Launches Supply Chain, New Rights Management/ Distribution Company for Independent Music

Ghazi, founder of the indie label and distribution giant Empire, has announced the launch of his newest company, Supply Chain, an independent B2B cloud-based distribution company f...

BMG and Concord Officially Consummate Their Marriage — Here’s the Confirmed Leadership Team

BMG and Concord announce the successful completion of their merger, confirming a new leadership team and a bright path forward. Today, BMG and Concord announced the completion of t...