Dylan Smith

1 week ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

Less than one month after entering liquidation, Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) has officially found a new owner and relaunched with a “remastered mission.”The Denver-based vinyl-subscription club formally revealed the change of hands today. Now, Vinyl Me, Please is poised to keep on operating – albeit as a subsidiary of VNYL Inc., which operates a namesake vinyl subscription of its own. Headquartered in Saint Louis and founded in 2014, VNYL curates records for its subscribers on a monthly basis.

1 week ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

Lizzo is firing back against the marathon sexual harassment lawsuit she’s facing from several former touring dancers, maintaining that the conduct in question is protected speech. That interesting position came to light in a new appeal from Team Lizzo, which is specifically challenging a prior decision allowing some of the dancers’ claims to proceed.

1 week ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

TikTok for Artists, the video-sharing app’s “all-in-one music insights platform,” has officially set sail in the U.S., Brazil, Japan, and more than 20 other countries. ByteDance-owned TikTok announced the formal rollout of Artists today, weeks after scoring a SoundCloud “Add to Music App” partnership. Available via certified Artist accounts, the newer offering is said to compile data (views, posts, engagements, etc.) down to the song level.

1 week ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

Does the music IP arena have room for another investor? Rezonate Music Rights believes so, and it’s set sail with a $150 million war chest as well as a focus on producer catalogs. Rezonate announced its official launch – and several already-wrapped plays – today. Founded by producer Cam Blackwood and former London Stock Exchange Group higher-up Tom Tyler, the self-described “leading solution for music producers rights acquisition” secured the $150 million tranche from Europe’s Bridgepoint Credit.

1 week ago | digitalmusicnews.com | Dylan Smith

Four years and change after selling to Sofar Sounds, Seated has officially been reacquired by its founders. Seated co-founder and CEO David McKay, whose ticketing platform says it helps artists “gain fan insights and sell more” concert passes, announced the newly finalized deal in a brief blog post.