News Downtown Music Publishing bolsters team with ten new hires The news comes soon after a shopping spree for the company
News Grammy Awards return to New York MSG last hosted the annual ceremony in 2003 and has done so three times in total
News Tencent leads $54m funding round for karaoke app company Smule Smule allows users to record and layer on duets with top artists like Ed Sheeran through its flagship app Sing! Karaoke
News German promoter FKP Scorpio hires Freddie de Wall as COO Wall joins from Heinrich & de Wall Artist and Music Management
News Sony’s The Orchard buys independent distributors finetunes and Phonofile Finetunes and Phonofile to become wholly owned subsidiaries of The Orchard
News Sony/ATV signs worldwide deal with Becky Hill New solo material will be released independently later this year
News The Damned sign to Search and Destroy ahead of eleventh album The upcoming album will be recorded this summer and is the follow up to 2008’s So, Who’s Paranoid?
News CI forms strategic alliance with Entertainment Intelligence CI's clients will be able to use Entertainment Intelligence for sales and usage data analysis
News ‘Russia’s Facebook’ launches fully licensed new Spotify rival With over 100 million active users, Russian Facebook VKontakte (VK) has the same sized audience as Spotify
News Apple Music secures exclusive rights to Sean “Diddy” Combs documentary Film joins Apple Music's growing stable of exclusive music documentaries alongside Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
News Jack White signs first ever global publishing deal with UMPG During his 20-year career, White has amassed 170 songwriting credits, including collaborations with Beyoncé and Alicia Keys
News UK Music appoints Michael Dugher as new CEO Dugher takes over from Jo Dipple who announced her intention to step down in January after five years
News Spotify hires IFPI veteran Olivia Regnier as Legal Director, EU Regulatory Affairs Regnier leaves behind 20 years at the recorded music trade body
News BMG names Keith Hauprich US General Counsel Hauprich moves up from his role as Deputy General Counsel