Adele In The News

Beggars and Secretly strike deal with Cargo Records to launch new UK-based indie distribution company

Cargo Independent Distribution will be led by Cargo Records UK founder & CEO Phil Hill

Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’

Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...

As Live Nation stares down antitrust suit, here’s what CEO Michael Rapino says is the real ‘secret sauce’ for Ticketmaster’s success

Rapino says Ticketmaster's success stems simply from having built a better product.

Beggars Group is now a £100m+ annual revenue company

Nevertheless, the record company has seen its operating profit slide amid rising costs

XL Recordings posted a $12.8m profit last year… despite only releasing 8 new albums

XL's small but heavy-hitting catalog has made it an impressively profitable record company

Billie Eilish signs with WME in wake of Wasserman tabloid scandal

A report in the Daily Mail recently described Casey Wasserman as a "serial cheater"

HarbourView Equity Partners buys select music assets of Grammy-winning songwriter Noel Zancanella

Zancanella is known for his work with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, Maroon 5, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Adele and the Smashing Pumpkins

Indie music labels form ORCA, a think tank for ‘recorded culture and arts’

ORCA's goal is to equip policymakers, business leaders, and communities with a deeper understanding of music's significance