News Spotify vs. songwriters: Sony/ATV’s Martin Bandier and Warner/Chappell’s Carianne Marshall urge composers to fight royalty rate challenge "I am incredibly disappointed that Spotify and the other companies have chosen to attack songwriters by appealing the long-overdue rate increases."
News Apple blasts Spotify for ‘suing’ songwriters: ‘A damaging step backwards for the music industry’ 'Underneath the rhetoric, Spotify’s aim is to make more money off others’ work.'
News Warner celebrates ‘biggest market share gain of any major music company’ in 2018 'This was the third year running we saw the biggest jump [of any major label group], and the fifth straight year we gained global share.'
Interviews How The Greatest Showman became the world’s favorite album of 2018 Atlantic's President on the west coast, Kevin Weaver, discusses a soundtrack phenomenon
News Spotify files anti-trust complaint against Apple over ‘app tax’ in EU 'After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we’re now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition.'
Analysis News How Spotify could pinch back over $320m from songwriters with its new legal appeal What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board's new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers
News Spotify accused of ‘giant lie’ as it defends attempt to block songwriter pay rise in the US "They must think artists and songwriters are stupid. They are not."
News Savan Kotecha, Sonny Takhar launch publishing company, partner with UMPG "We know our songwriters and producers will benefit from having Universal Music Publishing’s global muscle behind them."
News Spotify vs. songwriters: Irving Azoff, Justin Tranter and other leading music biz figures slam streaming company’s royalty rise appeal "Apple understands they’re in the artist business. Clearly, Google, Pandora, Spotify and Amazon don’t."
News Tencent Music’s Group Vice President Andy Ng stands down Exec is a leading figure at China's biggest streaming music company
News Jonathan Prince exits Spotify after more than 4 years with Daniel Ek’s company Exec is joining work-flow platform Slack
News Spotify and Amazon ‘sue songwriters’ with appeal against 44% royalty rise in the United States "These big tech bullies do not respect or value the songwriters who make their businesses possible."
News Warner/Chappell vs. Spotify: Music rights company backed by fellow publishers in India licensing dispute "ICMP and its members express their full support of Warner/Chappell Music in its actions."
News Kobalt Music Group is raising the biggest investment round in its history MBW speculates that the new funding raise could be in excess of $100m
News Spotify now reaches 0.07% of India’s population (also known as a million people) A good start for Daniel Ek's company - with a long way to go