The last social network to truly “get” music was MySpace — unfortunately, they didn’t get much else. Today’s biggest player, Facebook, doesn’t “get” music — and artists still don’t really use it. Even ...

Snap is launching a new Sounds Creator Fund to financially support independent artists who are distributing music on Snapchat via DistroKid. Starting in August, the company will distribute payments ...

Social networking company Snap (SNAP) has inked a multi-year deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), paving the way for users to access the music company’s expansive music catalog. The deal comes after ...

Michael Lynton, Snap Inc.’s current chairman and former chief executive of Sony Entertainment, is joining the board of Warner Music Group as its non-executive chairman, the company announced on ...

Snap and Universal Music Group have partnered to expand the music catalogue on the video platform in a multiyear global deal. With this agreement, Snapchat users will be to use UMG’s entire catalogue ...

Snap has struck a licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment — which means the music of all three major labels/ publishers and many indies is now available on the platform (which prefers to be ...

Universal Music Group and Snap announced a multiyear global agreement that will let Snapchat’s users incorporate UMG’s catalog of recorded music and content into creative tools, including Sounds on ...

Snap SNAP recently acquired Voisey, an app that makes it easier for musicians, singers and producers to collaborate, per a TechCrunch report. The terms of the deal are yet to be disclosed. Notably, as ...

Snapchat expands its music library with thousands of new songs. Snap previously partnered with UMG to promote its music videos and AR lenses, but the new deal will allow Snapchatters to directly ...

Snap is making good on its word to bring music to Snapchat and setting itself up to compete even more so with TikTok and Instagram. The company announced today that iOS users around the world will be ...

For a young band in need of promotion, a surprise Shaquille O’Neal appearance is generally a good thing. In September 2014, the alternative rock band Neutral Snap played its first gig at Fred’s, a ...