Merlin

Chris Maund, the co-CEO of Mushroom Music, has been reappointed to the Merlin board this week. Merlin, the digital licensing partner for some of the world's biggest independent labels and…

TikTok “informed us that they do not want to renew our deal,” the letter states. “They intend to license some of our members directly.”

Merlin and its board “continues to secure premium deals" with the likes of Apple, Deezer, Meta, Peloton, Snap, Spotify, TikTok and YouTube.

Charles Caldas is back in business. The independent music business, that is. The ex-pat Australian executive led Merlin, the independent music community's digital rights agency, from its inception…

Merlin reaches deep into its bag of tricks to unveil a new logo and website, a fresh event and a string of executive appointments. The independents’ digital rights agency had a facelift to usher in a…

Jaxsta is giving back to the music community by unlocking its top-tier platform, Jaxsta Pro, and waving the fee for the rest of the year. The initiative is intended as a tonic to the “unprecedented…

TikTok is going legit. The popular short-form video sharing platform has struck a worldwide licensing deal with Merlin, the independent music community’s digital rights agency, with immediate effect.…

Former Facebook exec Sirota heads to Merlin.

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the world’s independent label sector, has today announced its new CEO. Jeremy Sirota comes from Facebook’s Music Team, where he led the company’s efforts…

Caldas will be lauded as Indie Champion for his 12 years at the helm of Merlin.