News UK hip-hop stars Krept and Konan ink global publishing deal with Concord Their new album Revenge Is Sweet recently entered the UK Album chart at No.5
News YouTube is generating over $1.5bn per month from ads – and boasts over 20m paying music subscribers worldwide 'In the ad supported proportion of YouTube, we pay out a majority of revenues to our creators.'
News Over a third of professional songwriters in the UK say they have been ‘subject to full buyouts or work for hire commissions’ An additional 41% of UK creators say "they had been required to give away more of their mechanical rights than they wanted"
News Sony Music forms global podcast venture with UK audio producer Somethin’ Else Companies will pursue global podcasting opportunities including in the US where Somethin’ Else has opened an office in New York
News Songtradr-owned Big Sync Music expands into Australia, New Zealand, France & Germany Big Sync’s new operations will be headed up by Country Managers Michael Szumowski, Pedro Anacker and Nicolas Farcy
News YouTube Music and the UK’s MMF unveil participants on the 2020 Accelerator Programme for Music Managers Participants are drawn from across the UK and represent 66 artists
News Uber’s former Head of Music Zach Zimmerman launches artist management firm, ZTZ Entertainment Roster includes dance music producer/DJ David Dann, pop singer-songwriter Chloe Gilligan and electronic musician/producer Rocket Pengwin
News Sam Jackson named Executive Vice President, Global Classics and Jazz at Universal Music Group Exec's move follows 15 successful years at radio giant Global
News Songwriter & producer Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor inks global deal with Warner Chappell He has produced and written songs for artists including Drake, Ne-Yo, Estelle, Sean Paul, Lianne La Havas, and Shakira
News Downtown-owned DashGo expands into the UK with new hire Charlie Dilks Exec hired as Managing Director UK
News Judge dismisses Peloton’s antitrust counterclaim against music publishers Exercise giant alleged that the NMPA “coordinated to collectively negotiate licenses in violation of antitrust laws”
News Schubert Music, best known as a publisher, launches 10 record labels, inks Orchard deal Each label will specialize in specific genres, from Alternative to Pop, Dance and Post-Punk to Latin
News Kenyan afro-pop stars Sauti Sol ink exclusive deal with Universal Music Africa 'One of the most innovative and creative groups to have broken through from Africa in recent years.'
News Music Sales changes name to Wise Music Group, signs Ólafur Arnalds and Evan Dando of The Lemonheads Name change is also reflected in the various office titles worldwide