News Universal boss Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘We owe our artists answers’ over 2008 fire that destroyed masters "I will ensure that the senior management of this company, starting with me, owns this."
News An Epic little story about Sylvia Rhone UK-based manager Kwame Kwaten reveals a telling tale about a certain tea lady...
News Merlin paid indie labels and distributors $845m in the past year, showing strong growth Merlin has now paid indies more than $2bn from digital services since being founded
Analysis The major record labels are signing over 50 artists a month. Is that too many? The majors are inking deals with over 600 artists every year
News Interscope just signed Ann Marie. Don’t expect Atlantic Records to be delighted about it… Who's your favorite: Ann Marie, or Anne-Marie?
Analysis How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago. New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts
News Ahead of Spotify and Apple negotiations, Oana Ruxandra chosen to lead Warner’s Business Development team Respected Warner veteran Ron Wilcox to step down at end of this year
Interviews ‘Music is fundamentally important to people. It’s not disposable – nor are the artists who create it.’ Ian Montone, manager of Vampire Weekend and many others at Monotone Inc. on the industry and his career
News Atlantic Chairman Julie Greenwald takes stand against ‘backward, irresponsible’ US abortion bans, signing business leader petition 'We stand together in passionate opposition to these backward, irresponsible policies.'
News ‘Monster’ US charts fallout: Is DJ Khaled about to sue Billboard after missing out on No.1? Billboard is reportedly planning to announce later this year that it will tighten its rules regarding merchandise bundling.
News YouTube Music poaches Warner’s Dan Chalmers to run EMEA Chalmers has worked for Warner for two decades – now he's off to join Lyor Cohen
Analysis Why spend $4.1bn on A&R? Because new artists are accelerating streaming’s growth. Some more good news for Lil Nas X and his contemporaries...
News Goldman Sachs says 1.15bn people will pay for music streaming by 2030, as it ups industry forecast 'Music In The Air' update brings optimistic news for record companies
News Live Nation invests in three female-led companies via first round of Women Nation Fund 'We started the Women Nation Fund to help expand the pool of female entrepreneurs in the live music space.'
News Lil Nas X rejected a $1 million-plus deal with Amuse before signing to Columbia Records 'My challenge would be: excuse me, what did Columbia actually do in this? He was doing millions of streams per day before they picked him up.'