News Aus management & touring firm Astral People partners with [PIAS] to launch Astral People Recordings First signing is producer and multi-instrumentalist, Wave Racer
News Australia’s annual music exports worth AUS $195m Australia Council publishes Born Global: Australian music exports report
News Zebralution acquires Encoding Management Service EMS will continue to operate as an independent company
News West End & Broadway musical theatre label First Night Records acquired by Warner Music Group First Night has recorded the likes of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady and more
News 9 out of the Top 10 most viewed videos released on YouTube so far this year were non-English language songs Spanish language music dominates the chart
News LyricFind partners with Turkey-based music streaming service fizy fizy is operated by Turkey-based telco Turkcell
News UK’s MMF appoints five new board members at AGM Jill Hollywood, Merck Mercuriadis, Rebekah Tayler, Sammy Andrews and Liza Buddy appointed
News Amazon Music is the fastest growing streaming service – report The FT reports that Amazon had over 32 million subscribers at the end of April
News Wayne “Wayno” Clark named Vice President, A&R for Asylum Records “Wayno is an authority in the hip-hop community."
Analysis Spotify needs to scale its ad business. Can podcasts fix the problem, and if so, how? How does Spotify's ad revenue strategy line up with its podcast initiatives?
News SiriusXM rolls out unlimited streaming access outside the car for 30m Select subscribers Select subscribers can now stream via their phone, on home devices and online
News Music-making startup Endlesss closes ‘major’ funding round, takes investment from high-profile execs Startup was founded by musician and technologist Tim Exile
News Natina Nimene promoted to Senior Vice President, Urban Promotion at Def Jam Recordings Executive was previously Vice President, Urban Promotion, Def Jam Recordings