Beggars Group In The News

Facebook signs music licensing deals with Merlin, Beggars Group, [PIAS] and Ingrooves

Agreements follow similar deals with Universal and Warner

Secretly Group restructures marketing department with new hires

Independent label hires Robby Morris from Matador and promotes Hannah Carlen

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

The major labels have committed to sharing Spotify equity money with artists. But what will they pay their indie label partners?

Alison Wenham and Martin Mills speak out on Fair Digital Deals Declaration

Martin Mills named non-exec Chair at the Worldwide Independent Network

Mills recently stepped down from the Chair’s position at Merlin

Beggars Music promotes Amy Morgan to Managing Director

Company also expands with two new hires in former MTV exec Sam Carlin and Will Moore, who joins from Ninja Tune

The state51 Music Group consolidates businesses ahead of global expansion

Company accepted onto the London Stock Exchange’s ELITE programme, which supports ambitious global companies with high growth potential

Downtown hires Warner Music exec Tristan Wilson as Head of Sync in the UK

Wilson spent nearly four years at Warner Music UK as Senior Creative Manager