News Willard Ahdritz becomes Kobalt Chairman, as Laurent Hubert succeeds him as CEO Ex-BMG exec Hubert joined Kobalt in 2016
News Universal’s legal chief Jeff Harleston awarded 2020 Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award "Change is hard. It can be abrupt, it can be unexpected, it can be painful but it’s important and it has to happen."
News Sir Lucian Grainge: Universal is transforming into the ‘most innovative audio-visual company in the entertainment world’ Billie Eilish and others play annual Universal Los Angeles event in Grammy week
News BMG responds to artist streaming revolt in Germany: ‘It is time for record companies to change.’ Letter appears to seek a 'user-centric' style of payment, while "attacking" record companies
News The artist revolt: Stars seek more streaming money from major labels in Germany Acts including Helene Fischer and Rammstein want a bigger share of the pie
News Sony strengthens operations in Asia and Middle East, as Shridhar Subramaniam takes new President role Major makes moves in India, China, Korea and beyond
Analysis News The Grammys fallout gets more shocking every day – but how relevant is the show to the modern record business? MBW research suggests the famed 'Grammy bump' is weakening
News Downtown buys independent services company FUGA Deal comes 10 months after Downtown swooped for CD Baby owner AVL
Interviews ‘You have to be understanding of the multiple pressures artists are under.’ Ed Howard’s roster of artists at Asylum have changed the face of global pop. But what’s his philosophy on A&R – and how has it led to such an extraordinary hit rate?
News Hip-hop is still growing – with over 50% of the USA’s Top 100 streaming tracks of 2019 Genre's dominance of Stateside charts showing no sign of slowing down
Analysis News SoundCloud, with more than 200m tracks on its platform, saw 12-monthly revenue run-rate top $200m last year Company gives update on 2019 as 2018 results are laid bare
News Universal poaches Spotify’s head in Japan to run Digital Strategy in market Streaming now claims over 12% of Japan's recorded music market
News Even Justin Bieber’s Spotify-gaming fans can’t unseat Dance Monkey as the world’s favorite song Smash hit single is on course to top a billion Spotify streams in the next three weeks
Analysis Music streaming needs to change. Is Amazon already ahead of the curve? Recent UK report suggests that Jeff Bezos company might be delivering the future of streaming today
News War Is Over: Spotify and Warner Chappell sign global licensing deal – including India Landmark case ends in a fresh deal between Spotify and Warner Chappell