News Neil Jacobson secures IPO for $200m acquisitive music company, now trading on the NYSE Company to float on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TMAC.U on February 3
News Nuclear Blast Records appoints Jerome Riera, Gerardo Martinez and Marcus Hammer for new global management structure Believe acquired a majority stake in the label in October 2018
Analysis Blog ‘In the music business, there is no such thing as an independent within a major.’ Henry Semmence, founder and MD of UK-based Absolute Label Services, on what Sony’s acquisition of AWAL means for the wider independent sector
News Dr. Menna Demessie appointed SVP and Executive Director of Universal’s global Task Force for Meaningful Change TFMC was established in 2020 by UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge as a force for social justice in the music industry and beyond
Analysis News Spotify lost the equivalent of $2.2m every day in 2020… as it spent over $1bn on sales and marketing in the year MBW shines the spotlight on SPOT's 2020 fiscal results – on the black ink... and the red ink
News Spotify subscriptions grew to 155m in 2020, Monthly Active Users topped 345m Spotify published its financial results today
News Concord promotes seven executives to VP, SVP and EVP roles Promotions occurred across all of the company’s business areas in Los Angeles, New York and London
News After leaving Spotify last year, Joe Budden takes podcast to Patreon, joins firm as Head of Creator Equity First exclusive episode of The Joe Budden Podcast to launch on February 8
Interviews Why Soundcharts, used by all three major record companies, is ‘not your typical music data aggregator’ Soundcharts CEO, David Weiszfeld, on the music industry's future evolution – and his company's role in it
News Post Malone manager Dre London named as official patron for UK youth initiative Shadow To Shine Shadow to Shine was launched by Becky Fatemi in 2017
Analysis News Sony Music revenues soared above $4.5bn in 2020, after huge final quarter of the year Sony Music's streaming revenues jumped by 19.5% in 2020, and by 26% in calendar Q4
News Bill Evans upped to Executive Vice President, Urban Promotion at Capitol Music Group He will continue to lead the strategy and execution of the company’s Urban and R&B radio campaigns
News Will Tanous promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer at Universal Music Group Tanous will continue to serve as a member of the company’s Executive Management Board
News Sarah McCann appointed SVP, International Creative at Downtown Exec was most recently an A&R at Wide Eyed Entertainment
News Karen Schoenrock promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Global Catalog, Recorded Music & Rhino Entertainment Schoenrock enters this role after nearly 20 years with Warner Music Group
News Tim Zawada joins The Numero Group as Managing Director Zawada previously ran his own record label, Star Creature Universal Vibrations
News Viagogo forced to sell StubHub business outside of North America Proposed merger 'will lead to a substantial reduction in competition in the secondary ticketing market in the UK', according to UK competition authority
News Round Hill IPO fund starts buying, spending $282m on hits recorded by The Beatles, Marvin Gaye and more Next up will be the purchase of a 29% stake in 100,000 copyrights once owned by Carlin