News Are you ready for Spotify: The Game Show? Spotify is hiring a reality Formats Lead to develop original game show, dating/romance, self-improvement and competition audio content
News WMG’s Arts Music Division & Warner Chappell Music team with Build-A-Bear Workshop to launch new label Build-A-Bear Records will release original albums, singles and playlists
News Warner Chappell Music signs Drake collaborator Summer Walker to global deal Deal covers all existing and new compositions written by Walker
News Lorna Clarke named as first ever BBC Pop Music Controller in major radio leadership shakeup Clarke has almost 30 years' broadcasting experience
News AEG Presents promotes Jim King to CEO of new European Festivals division King has worked at AEG Presents for over a decade
News Spotify Lite Android app rolled out in 36 markets across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa App uses less storage, data, and battery power
News UK Competition Authority prepares to launch contempt of court proceedings against Viagogo Secondary ticketing site has not fully complied with court order, says CMA
News Merlin inks data partner deal with music credit resource Jaxsta Firm's database contains more than 100 million credits across 25 million webpages
News Could Spotify be about to launch in Russia for $2.35 per month? Unverified screenshot indicates that platform is coming soon, and cheaper than Apple Music
News NMPA-backed Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) approved by US Copyright Office MLC is backed by the National Music Publishers’ Association, the Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Songwriters of North America.
News UnitedMasters releases app for artists to distribute music and track earnings Artists can also submit tracks for placement with brands
News Warner Music Group acquires Slovakian entertainment company Forza Music Forza owns the extensive catalog of OPUS, Slovakia’s former state-run record company
News Apple Music is signing exclusives again: major partnership deal inked with French rap stars PNL PNL sold over 113,000 equivalents of their latest album in a single week in April
News Vodafone-owned Vodacom’s My Muze app takes on Spotify in South Africa with 1m downloads Vodafone subsidiary Vodacom boasts over 40m customers