Believe In The News

Sony is buying Believe Digital for up to $444m, says report (updated)

MBW first reported the news last month

Pascal Nègre’s Six et Sept signs distribution deal with Believe

Independent label is a joint venture with RTL Group

TuneCore on course to pay out $200m in digital royalties this year

Believe Digital-owned company offers free track distribution to celebrate

Is Sony about to buy Believe Digital in a nine-figure deal?

Sources suggest that Sony is in, but WMG and UMG aren't at the table

‘I don’t see a YouTube value gap. Over 45% of our revenue from the platform is from UGC’

YouTube is the devil, right? Not if you speak to Believe boss Denis Ladegaillerie

Frank Ocean lets rip at The Grammys. And really, who can blame him?

'I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful.'

Is BBC radio playing enough independent music?

Just 2% of Radio 1’s 100 most played tracks of 2016 were ‘pure’ independent releases

Universal and Sony neck-and-neck in US video streaming market share – as Tunecore leads the indies

Universal dominated the US last year - but was neck-and-neck with Sony for video streams