News Centtrip launches Brexit advisory desk for the music industry The specialist team will devise efficient foreign-exchange strategies for its clients
News Live music promoter DEAG fully acquires MyTicket DEAG acquired the remaining 24.9% of shares from Axel Springer SE
News Tencent Music stock upgraded by JPMorgan and HSBC Analysts at JPMorgan and HSBC both set a target value of $16/share on January 18
News Spotify is adding a feature to block specific artists – report Users will be able to block artists from showing up in radio stations, Daily Mixes or Discover Weekly playlists
Interviews ‘This is the most exciting time for music publishing I’ve ever known.’ Concord's Kim Frankiewicz on her career, the modern publishing business and pushing women forward
News Will Liberty Media, piece by piece, become king of the global music business? One conglomerate could soon have a stake in SEVEN billion-dollar music companies
News Spotify is making voice-controlled hardware for the car – and could launch in India on January 31 Company working with tech firm Flex to create product, says FT
News Absolute Label Services launches new digital marketing packs The packs contain a variety of marketing assets to use across social media
News UK’s Competition Authority could pursue ‘rapid action’ against Viagogo if court order has been breached The secondary ticketing site was required to make changes to its business practices by midnight, January 17
News Germany streaming numbers up by over 40% in 2018, as CD sales drop 23% Streaming numbers hit a new all time record high of 79.5 billion
News Sony set to make King’s Cross the UK’s epicenter of recorded music "The new Sony office will be right in the artistic hub of King's Cross."
News Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford owns nearly 10% of Spotify – a stake worth over $2bn The company had acquired 9.7% of Spotify's common stock by December 31
News Cross-industry letter urges EU policymakers to make ‘urgent changes’ to new draft of Article 13 Organizations to have signed the letter include the IFPI and IMPALA
News YouTube Music sponsors BRIT Awards, calling show a ‘lightning rod for artist successes’ 'We’ve been the international livestream partner for the previous five years and have delivered some incredible numbers.'
