News Lou Ragagnin named President and CEO of Canada’s Re:Sound He joins Re:Sound from Chartered Professional Accountants Canada
News SoundCloud launches new marketing and distribution platform for ‘serious artists who want to take their career to the next level’ Artists get to keep 100% of their SoundCloud royalties plus 80% of the revenue received from other music services
News SoundCloud gives away $15m-worth of creator support during COVID-19 pandemic Platform has seen a 50% surge in creators uploading in the past month alone
News John Leahy joins the UK’s Blue Raincoat Chrysalis Group as SVP Marketing and Strategy 'John provides us with the missing link in the Blue Raincoat set up – an experienced and hugely successful marketing mastermind.'
News Ophelia Conheady appointed Head of A&R for Marathon Artists Conheady joins the company from Columbia Records UK
News Apple hit with lawsuit by songwriter heirs who allege ‘massive music piracy operation’ Works written by songwriters have been recorded by Art Tatum, Billie Holliday, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and others
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment generated over $500m in revenue last year Company's operating profit in 2019 was $85.4m
News Sean Patrick Flahaven promoted to Chief Theatricals Executive at Concord Bill Gaden also promoted to President, Worldwide of Concord Theatricals
News Over 30,000 creators signed up to funding platform Patreon in first 3 weeks of March 'This moment in time is one of the strongest influxes of memberships that we’ve ever seen.'
News iHeartMedia furloughs employees; CEO Bob Pittman gives up $1.5m salary for remainder of 2020 Pittman earns base salary of $1.5m a year, SEC filings show
News Management firm ie:music launches ie:ventures, music-making app Endlesss is first flagship investment Endlesss is a live collaborative music-making app and social network founded by Tim Exile
News Huawei takes on Spotify in Europe, with Music app licensed by Universal, Sony and Warner “We have made Huawei Music free for 3 months for new subscribers in the hope it will bring some joy at this time."
News Standalone Spotify Kids app launches in the US, Canada & France Ad-free app is exclusive to Spotify Premium Family subscribers
News Neeta Ragoowansi elected as new President of the Music Managers Forum-US Ragoowansi has been an entertainment attorney for over 28 years