Warner Music Group and Spotify have announced a new, multi-year agreement, covering both recorded music and music publishing, that effectively ends the companies' disputes over the streaming giant's "bundling" option,

Spotify and Warner Music Group , which owns labels behind artists such as Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa, signed a new multi-year deal for recording and publishing music, the companies said on Thursday.

Warner Music Group has acquired a controlling stake in Tempo Music, the owner of a catalog of song rights spanning recordings by Bruno Mars, Adele and Wiz Khalifa.

Warner Music Group said on Thursday it has acquired a controlling stake in Tempo Music, helping it expand its intellectual property portfolio by gaining rights for songs by artists such as Bruno Mars,

Warner Music Group and Spotify have signed a new multi-year licensing deal. And before you ask… yes, sources have confirmed that it supersedes the ‘bundling’ payment structure that last year saw Spotify dramatically cut the rate of mechanical royalties being paid to publishers and songwriters in the US.

Warner Music Group and Audiomack have expanded their pre-existing licensing deal to allow 49 countries access to the WMG catalog.