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Indie label agency Merlin promotes Charlie Lexton to Chief Operating Officer

Lexton joined Merlin as Head of Business Affairs in 2008

Inside the Defected Records ‘hype machine’

Defected Chief Business Officer James Kirkham on "the science" of how the company leverages social media, events, artists and fans to maximum effect

‘Liberty Media already has far too much control over the music ecosystem’: Artist & consumer rights groups oppose iHeart Media buyout

Collective urges DOJ to reject Liberty Media’s potential acquisition of iHeartMedia

‘Anyone can go out and spend $1 billion. The trick is getting a good return for your investors.’

Round Hill Music CEO, Josh Gruss, on the competitive music M&A landscape, and his firm's next big raise

Tributes for artist manager Gary Salzman, who dies of complications caused by COVID-19

"Rest in peace to my amazing, long time friend."

An acquisition you should care about: Pex buys music rights platform Dubset in $25m+ deal

"This acquisition will immediately expand rights holders’ abilities to locate, protect, and monetize use of their catalog"

Apple poaches Warner exec Jeff Bronikowski for Global Head of Music Strategic Initiatives role

The list of ex-Warner execs running music at digital services grows again

TikTok was downloaded over 104.7m times worldwide in January

Figure represents a 46% increase from January 2019