Pandora In The News

Epitaph Records promotes Matt McGreevey and Hope Selevan

Follows departure of former general manager Dave Hansen

Alphabet/Google leads $70m funding for startup aiming to challenge major labels

UnitedMasters has been set up by one-time President of Interscope Records, Steve Stoute

BMG hires Tom ‘Grover’ Biery as EVP, Recorded Music in US

Exec previously worked at Concord Music

Pandora has lost $1bn in 4 years and is worth less than ever. Can it be salvaged?

As user base sinks to lowest point on record, is Pandora beyond salvation?

Royalty collection platform Songtrust expands into Europe, hires Mandy Aubry

Amsterdam-based Aubry was previously at Fintage House

Spotify hires Pandora’s Adam Parness to head up global publisher licensing

Exec previously worked at Amazon and Rhapsody

Startup HAAWK raises $2.5m and acquires digital music aggregator Dart Music

Dart filed for bankruptcy in February

US recorded music industry revenues grew 15% in first half of 2017

RIAA figures show paid streaming up 61% overall year-on-year