News Spotify and Tencent Music look set to acquire a stake in each other Game-changing deal said to come ahead of mutual IPO attempts
News Warner fires senior exec accused of sexual harassment in Sweden Major says it is "reassessing our internal code of conduct" in wake of scandal
News Polydor says it’s ‘at the forefront of breaking UK acts’ after BRITs Critics’ Choice result "Polydor is the best label in the UK today in terms of breaking new artists."
News Because Music expands into the US, signs new Universal deal Agreement covers physical distribution, marketing and promotion
News Warner’s FY recorded music revenues soar above $3bn for first time in over 10 years Atlantic Records and the growth in streaming push up revenues over 10%
News The most popular song of all time on Spotify is not nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy No nomination for Shape Of You in Song or Record of the Year
News Spotify loses global markets boss to EQT… which then buys 40% stake in Epidemic Sound ... as Spotify investor Creandum increases stake in production music company
News Jody Gerson: Why I quit Sony/ATV – and stopped being the ‘loyal good girl’ 'I called Lucian Grainge, and he said, Are you ready to be the global Chairman of Universal Music Publishing?'
News Top Swedish major label exec suspended over sexual harassment allegations MBW understands individual recently accepted a senior job at Warner Music UK
News Swedish indie buys rights to Estelle’s American Boy from Warner Woah Dad! puts itself on the map with divestments acquisitions
News Swedish music industry rocked by sexual assault scandal as 1,993 women sign open letter Robyn, First Aid Kit and Zara Larsson lend signatures to open letter
Analysis News Universal’s streaming revenues will smash past $2bn this year Total company revenues will get somewhere near (or even above) $6bn
News Sonny Takhar and Live Nation launch Kyn Entertainment Kyns first client is Sony priority boyband PrettyMuch
News Alphabet/Google leads $70m funding for startup aiming to challenge major labels UnitedMasters has been set up by one-time President of Interscope Records, Steve Stoute