News Universal Music: legal case over alleged damages in 2008 warehouse fire ‘meritless’ Response follows confirmation of lost recordings in new legal filing
News New specialist music streaming platform, jazzed, launches in the UK Licensing terms have been agreed with the majors
News Universal Music Group set for IPO in the next 3 years News comes a week after Access Industries and Warner Music Group announced their intention to go public
News Ticketmaster expands into Asia by acquiring Tixcraft in Taiwan and launching new Singapore office Chad Phillips has been appointed to Managing Director Ticketmaster Asia
News Downtown ups Andrew Sparkler to EVP, Global Business Development amidst raft of promotions and new hires Bruce Lampcov also promoted, to SVP of Global Business Development
News Touts who ran £11m ticket reselling scheme found guilty of fraud in the UK Tickets were resold for events including Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift concerts
Interviews ‘Downtown is an ideal combination of technology and creativity, with an international mindset built in its DNA.’ Downtown Music Publishing's Laura Bedikian and Charles Braud give MBW an insight into France's publishing sector and the company's position in the market...
News Primary Wave buys publishing and master royalty stream of Gasoline Alley, including works by Sublime Gasoline Alley is an entity owned by music managers Arnold Stiefel and Randy Phillips
News Scooter Braun joins $22m funding round for cannabis company… but he’s not the first major artist manager to invest in CBD Bill Curbishley, Ian McAndrew and Colin Lester are all investors in $5m-backed Apothem Labs
News Streaming and playlisting expert Kieron Donoghue signs up as MBW’s new columnist Warner's former global boss of playlisting will join the likes of Cherie Hu and Peter Robinson on our pages
News Amanda Samii named Senior Vice President of A&R for Capitol Records Exec joins Capitol after 10 years at Kobalt Music Publishing
Analysis Blog The Great Secret Of The Modern Music Business MBW columnist Peter Robinson on the role of the music critic, and the reality of today's industry
News A year after trying to cut songwriters’ pay, Spotify boosts writer visibility with launch of pages feature New feature wins praise from writers – but bad vibes still lurk in the background
News Drake inks exclusive deal with social broadcasting platform Caffeine Caffeine will live stream and co-produce Rap Battles in collaboration with Battle Rap platform, URL
News Dutch rapper Dopebwoy teams with Warner Music to form Forever Lit Records Artist will initially release his own music on the label