Interviews ‘I realised that no-one in the music business knew what they were doing’ High Time founder Carl Hitchborn on growing his business - and taking advantage of music industry failures
News INgrooves is for sale at $100m pricetag – report Could Sony acquire company to boost its US market share stats?
Interviews After spending nearly $250m on Carlin, Round Hill Music is hungry for more Josh Gruss talks acquisitions, major publishers and buying copyrights
News Daniel Ek could net up to $2bn from Spotify share sales when company goes public (if he wants to) Co-founder Martin Lorentzon could sell up to $2.9bn-worth of shares
News Spotify hires Vevo’s Tom Connaughton as Head of Artist & Label Marketing, UK Troy Carter says exec will be "a tremendous asset" to Spotify
Analysis News The exec who took Netflix public just gave a storming defence of Spotify’s future business plan CFO Barry McCarthy explains why Daniel Ek's company believes it will beat its rivals "like a drum"
Interviews ‘It’s our duty to bring young, intelligent and exciting people into this business’ Warner Bros UK boss Phil Christie discusses the culture of his label and recent successes
News Indie labels sign landmark deal in China – and, unlike majors, they’re not going exclusive with Tencent Merlin inks non-exclusive deals with Alibaba, Tencent and NetEase Cloud Music
Analysis Blog Why are British executives ruling the modern music business? Could it have something to do with their ability to fail - and continue to rise?
News Warner Music sells live promoter Vivo Concerti to MD Clemente Zard Sale follows similar moves from Warner in Germany and France
News EMI Music Publishing for sale at $4bn+, Sony has already held talks – report That would represent a $1.8bn profit on consortium's initial investment
News Warner/Chappell signs global publishing deal with Irv Gotti "Irv is an amazing music person and entrepreneur, and the force behind a string of game-changing records."
News In wake of Bulgarian scam, Spotify unleashes its own anti-fraud squad 'We are looking for a passionate leader... focused on minimizing the losses to the business and our customers brought about by fraudulent activity.'
News Kobalt invests $150m in independent artists to challenge ‘stupidity’ of traditional major label deals AWAL recruiting 100 people to take on Universal, Sony and Warner with "extremely aggressive" A&R gameplan
News Universal shakes up international structure as Adam Granite adds China, India and Africa to responsibilities Adrian Cheesley leaves major having first joined EMI in 1990