News Guillermo Ramos named General Manager of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services UK Ramos joins from Island Records UK where he spent 10 years
News BTS were the world’s biggest-selling recording artist last year. But for the first time ever, no British acts made the Top 10. Universal Music Group acts claimed nine (and a bit) in the IFPI's Top 10 chart
News New Did Ya Know? podcast features Tinie Tempah UK rap pioneer discusses the pressures and triumphs of life as an artist and entrepreneur
News Def Jam to launch Hillman Grad Records joint venture with Emmy-winning actor Lena Waithe Joining the label to sign and develop talent are music executives Tebs Maqubela and Albert Cooke
News Spanish authors’ society SGAE re-admitted to CISAC following reforms SGAE was temporarily kicked out of CISAC in May 2019
Interviews ‘Streaming data files are getting bigger and bigger – they are not manageable manually anymore.’ Reprtoir's CEO, Dominique Rottet, explains how his company's software is benefitting labels and music publishers
News Maree Hamblion promoted to Senior Vice President, International A&R at Sony Music Publishing Exec has signed various prominent Australian songwriters during her career
News Amazon Music is also a merch store now, as streamer integrates in-app product sales from Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez and other artists Integration is launching with exclusive products from Selena Gomez, Weezer, Wale, Florida Georgia Line and more
News Sony Music Publishing UK renews global deal with James Bond theme song lyricist Don Black Some of his most notable works include the James Bond theme songs Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun and others
News Songtradr acquires music and sound design company Song Zu in multi-million dollar deal Song Zu works in all areas of sonic branding, including soundtracks for ads on TV and radio, online content, VR and installation spaces
News Geoff Sawyer, Red Bull’s ex-Director of Global Music Services, joins UTA as agent in games division Sawyer to foster collaborations between music clients and gaming industry
Analysis News ASCAP payouts to songwriters and publishers grew in pandemic 2020 – but it was the smallest increase in 5 years PRO's distribution increases slowed down in pandemic year – but total collections sped up
News DistroKid artists can now distribute their music to Snapchat Partnership will enable artists who control their own recording and publishing rights to get their music on the platform
News Kim Youngberg joins The Davis Firm as Partner Youngberg has also joined custom music company DJDTP as Chief Legal Officer
News Tom Foley promoted to SVP, Worldwide Portfolio Management and Analysis at Sony Music Publishing He previously held the position of Vice President, North American Royalty Administration in Nashville
News Micki Stern promoted to SVP of Clearance and Sync Licensing at Warner Chappell Music Stern ran her own music clearance company for over a decade prior to joining Warner Chappell in 2019
News Raised In Space, Jason Flom join $11m investment round in music licensing tech platform Songclip Songclip has patented technology for integrating popular licensed music as a feature in social apps
News Claire Mas joins livestream company Driift as Chief Operating Officer Exec was formerly Head of Digital at Island Records, where she led campaigns for artists such as Sigrid, Mumford & Sons and others