CD Baby In The News

European Composer & Songwriter Alliance urges EU to block UMG’s acquisition of Downtown

The ECSA is an umbrella group of around 55 composer and songwriter associations in more than 25 European countries

European competition regulators to make initial ruling on Universal’s $775m Downtown buyout by July 22

EU competition regulator sets July 22 deadline to make initial ruling

Rich Orchard joins Horus Music as Managing Director

The exec joins from Downtown Music where he worked as Director of Artist & Community Engagement.

Sean Hallarman and Craig May to lead Product and Artist Development at CD Baby

Both roles will report to CD Baby President, Molly Neuman.

The EU is investigating UMG’s $775m Downtown buyout – but why, and what happens now?

MBW explains Article 22, and how the investigation process works...

IMPALA welcomes EU’s Downtown deal probe; UMG remains ‘confident’ $775M acquisition will close in H2 2025

IMPALA represents 6,000+ independent music companies in Europe

Tom Allen moves to CTO, Downtown Music; Richard Leach appointed to President of Curve

Tom Allen has served as interim CTO since April 2024, while Richard Leach previously served as Managing Director of Curve

Global recorded music revenues rose 6.5% to $36.2bn in 2024, says MIDiA Research

According to MIDiA, streaming revenue grew 6.2% YoY to $22.2 billion