News BMG inks A&R partnership with Stefan Dabruck, invests in SDM agency Producer and artist manager becomes consultant to company
News Global recorded music market grew 5.9% in 2016 to $15.7bn Streaming grows 60.4% as download revenues decline by 20.5%
News Kobalt hires Alison Donald as Head of Creative, UK Former Columbia Records exec teams with fellow British A&R specialist Sas Metcalfe
News Concord launches Craft Recordings as its official reissue label Concord is home to more than 10,000 catalogue masters
News X-ray Touring signs JV deal with Paradigm and Yucaipa X-ray represents the likes of Coldplay, Chance The Rapper and Green Day
News Spotify is developing its own hardware – inspired by Amazon’s Echo The Pebble Watch and Snap's Spectacles both cited by streaming company in new job ad
News PRS payouts grew 11% in 2016 – but costs rose 14.6% to top £80m Costs grew faster on percentage basis than the increase in payouts
News iHeartMedia admits it could collapse this year under $20bn debt burden "There is substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern"
News Google inks Samsung deal to become ‘default music player’ on new S8 phones Google Play Music will be pre-installed on fancy new tech
News Horus Music wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise For International Trade CEO Nick Dunn pays tribute to 'hard work and dedication of the team'
News Rostrum Records promotes Nicole Plantin to VP, A&R Previously, Plantin was Director, Writer Publisher Relations at BMI in Los Angeles
News Now indie labels can window albums on Spotify Premium thanks to Merlin deal Like Universal deal, new agreement includes ability to 'window' album releases
News Former Pandora and Sirius exec Chris Harrison named CEO of the Digital Media Association The Digital Media Association (DiMA) lobbies on behalf of companies including Google, Amazon, Apple, Pandora and Spotify
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