Posts by Music Business Worldwide

Live Nation UK COO John Probyn leaves music business for sports event

Exec helping head up Sports Show, launching next year

Uptown Funk becomes UK’s fifth biggest-selling track of all time

Columbia UK team achieve 8m album sales across just four releases

A year into Spotify deal, BandPage is sending 1m fans a month to artists

Company is generating 'thousands of dollars a month' for musicians

Universal has invested in ‘the piano of the future’… and Hans Zimmer loves it

Seaboard RISE promises big things for musicians

Live Nation hires Disney’s Carrie Davis as new comms boss

Exec previously worked for Disney Interactive

BMG acquires classic Italian music publishing catalogue

Paulo Conte songs included in deal

Scott Borchetta: 50% of today’s streaming services will be dead in a decade

Big Machine boss and Taylor Swift manager talks streaming

Jeff Bhasker leaves Sony/ATV deal to join Jody Gerson at UMPG

In-demand writer co-penned Uptown Funk for Mark Ronson

Martin Bandier warns songwriters: 100% licensing could hurt your income

Bandier highlights attempts to change licensing model

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Sony/ATV bolsters EU A&R team, adding Michèle Hamelink

Exec becomes EU A&R Scout and Creative Manager in Benelux

Mumford & Sons, Ellie Goulding added to Apple Music Festival line-up

Jack Garratt will support Mumfords

Alex Vlassopulos leaves Rdio for music biz dev role at Google Play

Former Sony, Universal and Omnifone exec makes move

UK’s XFM becomes ‘male-focused’ Radio X, adds Chris Moyles to line-up

Former Radio 1 Breakfast host joins Johnny Vaughan at new station

Sam Smith beats The Beatles and Emeli Sande to UK Albums Chart record

Debut LP sales record goes to Capitol-signed artist

Independents join forces to battle major label streaming playlists

New playlist brand being built - indies invited to get involved