News Official: Mike Biggane leaves Spotify to join Universal Music Group as EVP, Music Strategies and Tactics Creator of Spotify's New Music Fridays moves label-side in Santa Monica
Analysis News Lil Nas X helps drive Sony Music streaming revenues up 27% to $605m in last quarter Major labels now turning over more than $20m from streaming every single day
Analysis News Live Nation has pushed concert prices up in the past 18 months.. and it’s paid off to the tune of $500m Live Nation has raised ticket prices, globally, for the best seats at amphitheater and arena shows by close to a third since Q1 2018
News XL Recordings released 6 records last year. It turned over $65 million. "As streaming and subscriber growth continues apace our music too has enjoyed growth in line with the market."
News Beggars Group paid artists 44% of its Spotify share money; indie’s own revenues hit $100m in 2018 "After allowing for recoupment on advances, 44% [of the total Spotify proceeds were] paid out in cash."
News Sony/ATV hires new boss in Nashville, as Rusty Gaston joins from THiS Music Gaston will succeed Troy Tomlinson who recently left for UMPG
News Streaming is having a huge year in France – led by Apple Music’s new ‘signing’, rap duo PNL Apple inked an ongoing exclusive partnership with duo in June
News Universal now generating over $10m a day from streaming, as it posts record half-year results Streaming made up 60.4% of Universal's recorded music revenues in the first half of 2019
News TikTok owner Bytedance buys AI music company Jukedeck Jukedeck had raised $2.5m before the deal was executed
News Terry Wakefield named SVP, A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group in Nashville Exec moves over from Sony/ATV
Interviews ‘Women are sometimes embarrassed to be ambitious. I’m certainly not’ When Michelle Jubelirer was growing up in Pennsylvania, she knew she loved music, and she knew she wanted to be somebody...
News Spotify’s Chief Economist, Will Page, is leaving the company Respected exec has been offered a book deal with Simon and Schuster
News Spotify and Apple go big on independent artist Aaron Smith… and get major record labels talking Scottish songwriter lands enviable support from streamers
Analysis Spotify is investing $500m in podcasts. But it’s U-turned on content investments before. Anyone remember Spotify apps? Or 'Trading Playlists'?
News Close to a third of Spotify’s 217m users are playing Ed Sheeran following release of his new album Over 69 million people have played the star's music in the past 28 days