News Sonia Grant-Yendell appointed Vice President, Human Resources, UK and International at Sony/ATV She was most recently Head of HR at intu Properties plc
News Riptide teams with Repost by SoundCloud to offer marketing support for artists on new label Riptide label launched in 2020
News Mike Watson promoted to CFO at Warner Music UK He takes on the role following the departure of Peter Breeden, who left the business last month
News Darcus Beese exits Island Records to ‘pursue new career opportunities’ Universal confirms British exec is returning to the UK
News SoundCloud steps into gaming with Player One, a livestreamed Fortnite tournament on Twitch SoundCloud Player One event will include a halftime performance from Rico Nasty
Analysis News YouTube generated nearly $20bn from ads last year – more than $54m per day Annual figure was up by over $4.6bn year-on-year
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