News Snafu Records, which recently launched with $2.9m backing, hires Adrian Karvinen as Director Of North America Exec previously worked with Three Six Zero and also formed his own boutique firm Fire Club INC
News Deezer expands playlist brands into ‘LIVE’ concerts; recorded gigs to be available exclusively on platform First event is Rocket LIVE in Paris on February 19
News Sound City secures CAPLL Ltd investment for talent development programs CAPLL has generated in excess of 1 million long-term donors since 2009
News Canada’s Competition Bureau fines StubHub CAD $1.3m Firm fined for 'misleading pricing claims in the online sale of tickets to entertainment and sporting events'
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 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
News Rap & production duo Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn sign with Absolute Duo have more than 21m streams across Spotify and Apple Music
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 Amanda Samii named Senior Vice President of A&R for Capitol Records Exec joins Capitol after 10 years at Kobalt Music Publishing
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