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
News Kobalt promotes Sam Taylor to Executive Vice President, Creative He joined the company as Senior Vice President, Creative in 2016
News Live Nation Sweden’s Marketing Director exits to join tech startup Society icon He leaves the concert and festival promoter after nine years
News Big Machine Label Group Records ups Jimmy Harnen to President & CEO Harnen joined the company 10 years ago
News 272m Americans listen to the radio each week – 7m more than in 2016 Nielsen has released its Audio Today 2019 report