News Belgium’s recorded music business grows 6.5% in H1 2016 Revenue earned from recorded music reached €52.93m in the first half of 2016
News Spain’s recorded music market up 4% in H1 2016 Streaming earned the lion’s share of revenue, accounting for €40.1m (55%)
News Entertainment One Music adds Hardlivings management to roster Hardlivings looks after British dance acts Riton, Duke Dumont producer Jax Jones and TIEKS
News Ticketmaster launches resale site Seatwave in Finland and Sweden Ticketing giant’s resale platform now in 16 markets
News London’s O2 Arena names John Langford VP and GM Langford has spent three years at The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow
News Drake dominates Spotify’s biggest songs of the summer One Dance was the most-streamed song on Spotify during June 1st - August 31st
News BPI hires first ever COO with MJ Olaore Olaore joins from independent market research company Firefish
News UMPG pipped Sony/ATV to become top Gold & Platinum publisher in the US last month UMPG - led by Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson - was the lead US publisher in July with 86 certifications
News BMG’s Thomas Scherer promoted to EVP BMG US Publishing The exec now has direct responsibility for BMG’s LA and New York-based publishing creative teams
News Revelator gets $2.5m funding led by Exigent Capital The funding brings Revelator’s total amount of cash raised so far to $5.5m
News Deezer US boss quits for a vape company as new hires are revealed Two new hires to drive growth for Deezer during a period of rapid business expansion
Blog ‘Rather than a land grab, streaming should be a race to build the most excitement’ Former Apple Music employee Sean Glass tackles solutions for the problems he sees in the music business
News UMPG appoints Sterling Simms Director of Creative Simms joins from Songs Music Publishing, where he served in a creative role for the last two and a half years
News Questlove launches show exclusively on Pandora Roots drummer joins Pandora as a Strategic Advisor and Artist Ambassador