Sony In The News

Sony/ATV promotes Lou Al-Chamaa and Nick Bral in company’s A&R team

'Lou and Nick live and breathe A&R and each have a deep and diverse knowledge of music.'

James Bass and Sarah Hall promoted at RCA in the UK

News announced by RCA President David Dollimore

Warner sells entire stake in Spotify, crediting artists with $126m of the money

A quarter of total gets credited to artist accounts

Universal and Sony are now turning over more than $500k from streaming every hour

And they're both generating over $1m an hour from all formats...

Fake artists still dominate Spotify ‘chill’ playlists. Now Universal is fighting back… with Apple Music.

Nothing has changed on Ambient Chill, Sleep and Music For Concentration

Symphonic Distribution hires Eshan Shah Jahan as Head of Product in New York

Exec was previously SVP, Product Engineering at The Orchard

Confirmed: Sony cashed in 50% of its Spotify shares for $768m earlier this year

Firm's remaining bulk of shares are currently worth in the region of $862m

Sony Music revenues topped $1.9bn in the first half of 2018, up 11% year-on-year

Streaming revenues hit $944m in the six month period, up 39.1% on 2017