News Apple Music takes on Spotify’s influential RapCaviar brand with Rap Life playlist and weekly show Playlist was formerly known as The A-List: Hip-Hop
News Freya Ridings named as YouTube Music’s second Artist On The Rise in the UK “Freya Ridings is truly a rising star on YouTube and beyond."
News Primary Wave acquires stake in Dave Navarro music catalog He is a member of Jane's Addiction and a former member of Red Hot Chili Peppers
News Launching first stage of extensive review, Universal identifies just 22 ‘original masters’ lost in 2008 fire "Our current priority is to communicate directly with our artists and their representatives."
News Laura Davidson joins AEG European Festivals division as Head of Artist Bookings She will be responsible for all bookings for the All Points East Festival
News AWAL hires Bianca Bhagat as Senior Vice President, Synch & Brand Partnerships Exec previously worked at Glassnote
News 7digital CEO John Aalbers steps down after three-and-a-half months Paul Langworthy named new Chief Executive Officer
News Spotify partners with Disney to launch Disney Hub featuring movie soundtracks and playlists Hub is available in the US, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
News Close to a third of Spotify’s 217m users are playing Ed Sheeran following release of his new album Over 69 million people have played the star's music in the past 28 days
News Google suspends secondary ticket seller Viagogo’s advertising Move follows UK’s Competition & Markets Authority's decision to prepare contempt of court proceedings against site
News Rob Stringer to run new Sony Music Group, housing publishing and records, from August 1 Sony/ATV Music Publishing Chairman and CEO Jon Platt will report to Stringer
News Warner Chappell Music Nashville signs global publishing deal with Mickey Guyton In 2016 she was nominated for the Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist
News Hank Forsyth named EVP, Strategy and Business Development at Warner Chappell Music He was most recently COO & CFO of Blackbird Production Partners
Interviews BeatStars: ‘Money doesn’t drive us. Our community drives us.’ Company founder Abe Batshon on Lil Nas X and how thousands of producers are making a living from his platform
Analysis News Apple is investing in original podcasts – and Spotify investors aren’t happy about it Daniel Ek's company has earmarked between $400m and $500m to spend on acquiring podcast content and tools this year