News Downtown enters JV with Cowboys & Pirates to develop Hip-Hop and R&B talent Cowboys & Pirates is headed by Ty Baisden
News Paradigm Talent Agency names Marty Diamond Head of Global Music Diamond's personal client roster includes Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and many others
News Kobalt signs legendary singer-songwriter and keyboardist Michael McDonald McDonald’s solo hits include I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) and Sweet Freedom
News Former Island/Def Jam exec Joe Borrino named Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer at Spirit Music Group He spent 18 years at Universal Music Group
News Warner/Chappell Music promotes Ryan Press to President, A&R, US He has worked closely with Rihanna, Rae Sremmurd, DJ Khaled, Wiz Khalifa and many others
News Universal to develop premium original podcasts in partnership with independent publisher Wondery Podcasts produced under the agreement will be available globally
News EU Parliament votes to ban use of ticket-buying bots Landmark ruling is EU’s first action to regulate ticket resale
News German collection society GEMA generated revenue of €1.02bn in 2018 2018 marks the third consecutive year that GEMA's revenues passed the €1bn mark
News Blueprint Radio launches UK’s first podcast-led plugging service for artists, Blueprint Pods Division is already up and running with the likes of Tom Odell and Freya Ridings
News CD Baby partners with digital content identification platform Audible Magic CD Baby will use Audible Magic’s RightsRx service to identify content rights conflicts
News SiriusXM makes select talk shows available as podcasts on Pandora Content will reach more than 100 million audio listeners at launch
News Former Condé Nast executive Adam Smith joins UPROXX as Chief Revenue Officer Smith will explore new partnerships and branding opportunities
News DotMusic Limited wins rights to .Music domain name extension The expected launch for .Music is 2020
News Article 13 gets final approval from EU Council 19 member states voted yes, six against and three abstained