News Vivendi appoints banks to help it sell up to 50% of Universal Music Group 'Several contacts have already been established with potential strategic partners,' says company
News Former Spotify Global Head of Songwriter Relations Tiffany Kumar enters JV with Pulse Music Group Kumar's music agency Beat House has signed a JV and global co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Group
News Downtown names Cliff Audretch III Vice President of Creative Audretch will join Downtown’s Nashville-based Creative team, reporting to SVP Creative, Steve Markland
News Veteran artist manager Corey Smyth launches Blacksmith Recordings with Capitol Music Group & Motown Records Smyth has guided the careers of artists including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, De La Soul, Foxy Brown and others
News Ditto Music to launch music publishing division "We’ll be signing and developing talent to build long term careers at Ditto."
News Meek Mill teams with Jay Z’s Roc Nation to launch new Dream Chasers record label Meek Mill will serve as the label's President
News Marshmello signs with WME for representation DJ and music producer continues to be managed by Moe Shalizi
News CTS Eventim to take over 48% of retail giant Fnac Darty’s ticketing business Transaction planned to close by the end of 2019
News YouTube to support artists from Nigeria via new emerging talent initiative Investment will enable artists to shoot videos, record music and get mentoring
News Vivendi to appoint banks for Universal stake sell-off on Thursday – report Vivendi is officially looking to sell off 50% of UMG
News Vevo hires Scott Anderson as SVP of Engineering & Product He has over 25 years' technology experience and joins from startup Conversa Health
News Live sound firm Mixhalo raises $10.7m, takes investment from Red Light & Another Planet Entertainment Company takes investment from Red Light Management, Another Planet Entertainment and others
News Following recent rebrand, Deezer introduces dark mode for Android users Update available on iOS and desktop app in the coming weeks
News Latin music promoter Henry Cárdenas buys Colombia’s Arena Bogotá in multi-million dollar deal Venue to be "three times greater than any other arena" in Latin America
News Merlin promotes Jim Mahoney to VP, Global Operations He joined Merlin in October 2014 as General Manager US