News CD Baby inks deal with Mexico’s Performance Rights Organization, SACM SACM has named CD Baby as its preferred distributor
News Centtrip launches specialist Brexit desk for the music industry The specialist team will devise efficient foreign-exchange strategies for its clients
News Live music promoter DEAG fully acquires MyTicket DEAG acquired the remaining 24.9% of shares from Axel Springer SE
News Tencent Music stock upgraded by JPMorgan and HSBC Analysts at JPMorgan and HSBC both set a target value of $16/share on January 18
News Spotify is adding a feature to block specific artists – report Users will be able to block artists from showing up in radio stations, Daily Mixes or Discover Weekly playlists
News Sony Music parts with R. Kelly – report R. Kelly's back catalog will reportedly remain with Sony-owned RCA
News UK’s Competition Authority could pursue ‘rapid action’ against Viagogo if court order has been breached The secondary ticketing site was required to make changes to its business practices by midnight, January 17
News Germany streaming numbers up by over 40% in 2018, as CD sales drop 23% Streaming numbers hit a new all time record high of 79.5 billion
News Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford owns nearly 10% of Spotify – a stake worth over $2bn The company had acquired 9.7% of Spotify's common stock by December 31
News Cross-industry letter urges EU policymakers to make ‘urgent changes’ to new draft of Article 13 Organizations to have signed the letter include the IFPI and IMPALA
News Live music industry execs team up to launch the Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing (FEAT) Members include promoters for Adele, Arcade Fire, Björk, Bruce Springsteen, and Ed Sheeran
News Amazon Prime has 101 million US subscribers 62% of US Amazon customers are Prime members, says report
News The number of smart speakers in US households grew by 78% in 2018 53 million people - or 21% of the population — now own at least one smart speaker
News Nicole Carbone-Rogers joins ASCAP as Senior Vice President and Head of Events Carbone-Rogers was previously Head of Experiential Marketing & Live Production at Pandora
News A2IM renews contract of CEO Richard James Burgess and hires Andrea Pagnanelli as General Manager Chase Varga has also been hired as A2IM’s new Marketing Manager