Analysis 5 of Spotify’s biggest imminent challenges in 2019 The key issues Daniel Ek and his team have to face down over the next 10 months
News Jody Gerson-led Universal Music Publishing Group is now officially a billion-dollar business UMPG saw annual revenues rise 14.5% at constant currency in 2018, hitting €941m
News Universal Music Group posts record $7.1bn in 2018 revenues, with a $1bn EBITA Universal's recorded music division turned over €4.828bn ($5.73bn) last year, up 10% at constant currency
News Universal fully acquires Ingrooves Music Group UMG will gain sole control of the firm's approximate 2% market share in the United States
News Michael Lynton expected to join Warner Music Group’s Board of Directors as Chairman Ex-Sony Entertainment executive invited into Warner by Len Blavatnik for non-Exec role
News Universal just had ‘the best year for any music company ever’ Major makes bullish claim at Los Angeles Grammy event
Analysis News Universal Music Group is being valued at $42bn – and could ignite a major label sales frenzy The sale of up to 50% of UMG could tempt Sony and Warner to consider their options
News Scott Cohen is joining Warner – but what’s the plan? The Orchard co-founder is being brought in to WMG by Max Lousada
Analysis News Spotify hit 96m paying subscribers in 2018 – and just posted its first ever operating profit Firm predicts that subscriber count will reach approximately 122m by end of 2019
News Spotify buys not one, but two podcasting companies: Gimlet Media and Anchor Gimlet deal believed to have cost Spotify circa $230m
News Amuse to pay AI-driven royalty advance money to independent artists Diego Farias's company adds important financial service to offering
News Max Lousada leads Warner’s recorded music business to $1bn quarter Across the full calendar year of 2018, Warner's recorded music operation hit revenues of $3.5bn
News Music Modernization Act: Labels and publishers back NMPA’s bid to run new mechanical rights society Universal, Sony and Warner, as well as indies, support publisher org's application
News Secretly Distribution leaves physical Warner/ADA deal to sign with AMPED Artists signed to Secretly Distribution labels include Sharon Van Etten, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Angel Olsen and Tycho
News Marshmello just played a live set to 10m people in video game Fortnite – and that wasn’t even the most interesting move he made this weekend DJ's new single, performed in Hindi, is out now, featuring Pritam