A group of leading music companies have signed a wide-ranging commitment to ‘decarbonise’ the global music business in alignment with the latest climate science.

The K wave continues to pick up speed across the world, as titans of the genre Monsta X and (G)I-DLE are the first names announced for Europe’s biggest ever K-Pop festival, KPOP.FLEX.

The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the global coordination and support body for the independent music sector, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Tuned Global, the world’s leading B2B music streaming technology specialist, is to support a major relaunch of popular African music streaming service WAW MUZIK.

The UK’s leading physical distributor, Proper Music Group, has signed a three year sales and distribution deal for the UK & ROI with Independent Venue Week.

Exceleration Music has struck a long-term agreement with the estate of the late celebrated singer and songwriter Justin Townes Earle.

Downtown Neighbouring Rights (DNR), the Downtown Music Holdings-owned business dedicated to performance royalties, has signed former Fleetwood Mac member Lindsey Buckingham to a four-year deal. DNR will represent his entire catalogue, which includes his work as a writer and performer on one of the top-selling albums of all time, Rumours, among other notable Fleetwood Mac and solo works.

Tuned Global, the leading B2B music streaming and technology specialist, has partnered with Thailand’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate, GMM Grammy, to launch the first ever music streaming service dedicated to Thai artists and consumers.

FUGA, the world’s leading full-service B2B music distributor owned by Downtown Music Holdings, has announced a global delivery platform services deal with Beggars Group, the legendary independent label group home to 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade Records, XL Recordings and Young.