Interviews ‘The vinyl business is only going to grow. At the moment it’s where MP3 players were in the ‘90s.’ In this interview, we speak to Steve Rhodes, Co-founder and CEO of UK-based 'vinyl-on-demand' startup, elasticStage
News Deezer teams up with LyricFind, Zebralution and 12 others for EU-funded lyric translation project The EU has granted €2 million for the four-year project
News Grammy-winning producer Greg Wells sells catalog to South Korea’s Beyond Music Wells has produced and written songs with the likes of Adele, Taylor Swift, John Legend, Dua Lipa, Quincy Jones and Katy Perry, among many others
News Rachel Chernoff appointed SVP of Data Science and Analytics at Sony Music Entertainment Chernoff leads a newly combined team in New York
News Chartmetric launches ‘V2’ of its platform, including new track filtering capabilities Tracks Lists feature enables users to filter the 80 million+ tracks in Chartmetric’s database using 20 different metrics across 11 different platforms
News Former CNN CEO Jeff Zucker forms $1bn fund to acquire and invest in entertainment and sports properties Zucker has launched a JV with private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners and Abu Dhabi-based International Media Investments
News A year ago, Patrick Moxey sold Ultra Records to Sony Music. Now the label is suing his publishing company. Sony-owned Ultra Records says it terminated Moxey's right to use the Ultra name for his independent pubco
Analysis News SoundCloud’s revenues grew 19% YoY to $273m in 2021. Now it’s predicting that ‘fandom will be the next big format for the music business’. 2021 was the first year that SoundCloud's annual revenues topped a quarter of a billion dollars
News Naomi Asher promoted to VP, Songwriter Services & Neighbouring Rights at Sony Music Publishing UK Asher will continue to oversee the company’s Neighbouring Rights division
Interviews ‘A&R is not just about the music, it takes empathy and care and a desire to make things happen.’ Rima Tahini, Director of A&R for Nigeria-based label, Mavin Records, discusses lessons learned across her career and challenges in the African music market
News Capitol Music Group bolsters marketing and artist development teams, with 6 execs appointed to VP roles CMG names or promotes Jessica Eason, Zoe Gillespie, Katie Haffenden, Chris Kershaw, Byron Miller and Alex Williams to VP roles
Analysis Blog How Web3 is ushering in a new artist-centric era This op/ed comes from Vickie Nauman, Founder and CEO of LA-based boutique music tech consulting and advisory firm CrossBorderWorks
News Rhea Ghosh promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at copyright protection platform Cosynd Prior to Cosynd, exec was Global Head of Marketing at Downtown Music Publishing
News Keith Urban sells recordings catalog to $500m-backed Litmus Music Deal represents the first since Litmus’ founding earlier this year
News Bad Bunny grosses $435m from 81-date tour in 2022, setting new all-time calendar year record Previous record was set by Ed Sheeran in 2018 for his Divide tour, which amassed $432.3m
News Web3 music platform Public Pressure raises $6m led by blockchain-focused investor Scytale Funding startup's first music and gaming NFT project sale, which generated $2 million
News Universal Music has a new boss in Australia: Sean Warner Warner succeeds George Ash, who is retiring from UMG
Analysis News DaBaby and Roddy Ricch sued for alleged copyright infringement over their 2020 megahit, Rockstar Rockstar by DaBaby (feat. Roddy Ricch) has been streamed over 1.47 billion times on Spotify alone