| 24 Feb 2026 | Oli Welch appointed Head of A&R at Ministry of Sound | RotD | business deal |
| 3 Mar 2025 | Radio 1 Dance Awards 2025 winners announced | — | award |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Winter Music Conference announces first wave of 2025 programming with LP Giobbi, Shimza, HAYLA and Aluna | — | festival lineup |
| 17 Sept 2024 | Warner Chappell Music UK teams up with Defected Records to exclusively administer publishing roster | RotD | business deal |
| 26 Aug 2024 | Simon Dunmore, founder of Defected Records, posted that 'festival line-ups have been stagnating' | EDM | feature |
| 19 Aug 2024 | Andy Daniell rejoining Defected Records as director of music | MW | business deal |
| 6 Nov 2023 | Music engine and delivery platform Reactional Music has signed a deal with Defected Records to bring its dance music into games | RotD | business deal |
| 30 Oct 2023 | The Circuit Group and Defected Records form strategic partnership for North American and UK expansion. | RotD | partnership |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Defected Records announces global New Year's Eve takeover with events in six continents. | EDM | festival lineup |
| 2 Oct 2023 | LP Giobbi has revealed Yes Yes Yes, a new imprint joining the Defected Records family | EDM | release |
| 7 Aug 2023 | Defected Records announced a new fundraising partnership with UK housing and homelessness charity Shelter. | DJMag | partnership |
| 13 Feb 2023 | Defected Records hires Jess Nash as head of sync and Deniz Hilmi as head of events and talent | MW | hire |
| 12 Dec 2022 | Defected Records becomes shirt sponsor for Dulwich Hamlet for 2022/23 season | DJMag | partnership |
| 7 Nov 2022 | Mighty Mouse has died aged 48 | RA | death |
| 10 Oct 2022 | Defected Records' new owner Wez Saunderson on protecting the label's legacy | Billboard | feature |
| 28 Mar 2022 | IMS Legends Award 2022 to honour Simon Dunmore, founder of Defected Records | — | award |
| 17 Jan 2022 | Defected Records appoints Sarah Beaumont as A&R for D4 D4NCE | MW | business deal |
| 9 Aug 2021 | Toshiba TV launches Twitch app in partnership with Defected Records | https://www.routeofthedisc.co.uk | partnership |
| 10 Mar 2021 | Defected Records acquires Groovejet playlist curation service | MBW | business deal |
| 15 Jan 2021 | Defected Records launches new afro house label curated by Sef Kombo and Louie Dunmore | DJMag | business deal |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Defected Records announced its first virtual music festival, streaming 12 hours of house music from Ministry of Sound on Friday 20 March | Dexerto | venue event |
| 13 Jan 2020 | Defected Records hires James Kirkham as chief business officer | MW | business deal |
| 4 Nov 2019 | AFEM announces new members: Defected Records, DJ Promotion, InChorus and others | AFEM | feature |
| 21 Oct 2019 | Defected Records founder Simon Dunmore explains label's rise through EDM boom | — | interview |
| 14 Oct 2019 | Andy Daniell appointed to lead FFRR Records at Parlophone | — | business deal |
| 11 Mar 2019 | Defected Records announced first ever London festival with Honey Dijon, Horse Meat Disco, Dimitri From Paris | Mixmag | festival lineup |
| 7 Jan 2019 | Defected Records has announced Defected London FSTVL for 2019. | Mixmag | festival lineup |
| 24 Dec 2018 | Defected Records has announced Defected London FSTVL for 2019. | Mixmag | festival lineup |