News Partisan Records appoints Sara Dempsey as Director of Sales Dempsey joins Partisan from ABKCO, where she was Associate Vice President of Sales & Marketing
News Justin Tranter and A&R exec Katie Vinten launch Facet Records in partnership with Warner Bros. Vinten will also serve as A&R consultant to Warner Bros. and Warner/Chappell Music
News Tencent Music starts trading on New York Stock Exchange, raises $1.1bn Tencent Music started trading on the NYSE with an initial share price of $13
News Superstar Helene Fischer scores top-selling album in Germany for 5th time in 6 years The top 3 best-selling albums in Germany in 2018 were released by Universal-signed artists
News AWAL expands into Canada with new Toronto office The company has also announced open roles in marketing, client relations, A&R and more to be based in the new office
News Sony Music launches its own streaming service in Japan The new service is called Mora Qualitas and will be powered by Rhapsody's Napster platform
News Digital distributor Ditto Music to launch Coffee chain across UK Ditto Coffee will sell physical music and host in-store performances
News Zach Katz to leave BMG; company to change US business structure in 2019 Katz revealed in a note to his US team that he will leave the company to take up a new role in early 2019
News RCA Records promotes Camille Yorrick to EVP, Creative Content Yorrick will oversee RCA’s creative content development in the visual space
News UPDATE: Primary Wave buys Sly & The Family Stone writer income stream The catalog includes No.1 hits Everyday People, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) and Family Affair
News Deezer partners with Triton Digital ‘to deliver more value’ for advertisers Deezer has launched mobile programmatic audio advertising through the partnership
News Warner Music-owned UPROXX appoints media veteran Charlie Corwin to new Advisory Board Corwin will help steer UPROXX’s expansion into television and film
News Tony Guanci-founded rock label Edgeout Records launches with Universal Music Group services deal The label will develop rock artists through touring and live events
News Jean-Michel Jarre partners with VR firm TheWaveVR for new album The deal will give TheWaveVR’s global community access to his new album Equinoxe Infinity via VR shows
News Australia’s Labor party pledges AUS$30m investment in music business over the next three years Musicians, promoters, managers, and music fans have been 'consulted for months' ahead of the announcement