News After joining Def Jam, Snoop Dogg appoints wife Shante Broadus as his official manager Broadus also oversees operations for Los Angeles music recording, production, and events space The Compound
News BMG partners with Pulse and Quickfire Films and Lewis Capaldi for new documentary film Film captures the singer-songwriter’s rise to fame
Blog The crucial role of the direct-to-fan model in a non-live music industry BigStar's Nick Lawrence on the importance of the direct-to-fan model
News Facebook exec Ella Kirby joins TikTok as Head of Music Publishing Licensing & Partnerships, EMEA Kirby was previously Music Publishing Business Development Lead (EMEA) at Facebook
News Floris van Dam joins Merlin as VP of Insights Van Dam was previously the International Head of Research & Analysis for Warner Music Group
News Apple Music rolls out spatial and lossless audio Thousands of songs available in Spatial Audio, and entire catalog is available in lossless
News Kevin Holiday promoted to Executive Vice President of Black Music Promotion at Atlantic Records Holiday will oversee Atlantic’s Black Music radio promotion strategy and campaigns
News Universal Music Group and [PIAS] strike strategic global alliance Kenny Gates, Michel Lambot, and Sir Lucian Grainge all celebrate new global partnership
Interviews Producer Stephen Lipson on James Bond, Billie Eilish, and why the music biz should have ‘a little bit more faith in artists’ Stephen Lipson is an English record producer, audio engineer, guitarist and songwriter, and perhaps the only person in the world to have worked with both Geri Halliwell and on a billion-dollar grossing movie
News YouTube’s TikTok rival Shorts expands into Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the UK and other regions Rollout follows the platform's initial launch in India and the US
News Sony Music Germany invests in hip hop label Ragucci & Boldt and booking agency Ibrahim & Boldt Label was founded in Berlin by manager Ronny Boldt and rapper RAF Camora (aka Raphael Ragucci)
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund now owns a music catalog worth over $2.2 billion MBW pulls out three things you need to know about UK-listed company's latest annual results
News House Judiciary Committee questions Spotify about its discovery mode tool Spotify launched the promotion tool in November 2020
News Snoop Dogg joins Def Jam as Executive Creative and Strategic Consultant Def Jam role will see him act as senior strategic advisor
News Naledi Nyahuma Seck joins The Orchard as Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Exec previously served as Senior Director, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Universal Music Group
News Delivery and distribution platform AudioSalad launches new video delivery service, VideoSalad AudioSalad says that the new platform 'aims to simplify music video distribution'
News Hipgnosis buys 178 songs from Lorde, Taylor Swift songwriter Joel Little Hipgnosis's filings reveal that the 178 songs generated $4.32 million in 2019