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
News Spotify finally launches in South Korea, but with no Free tier Streaming service is now active in 93 markets
News Karim Ech-Choayby named Head of A&R at Columbia Records France Former Def Jam and Universal Music Publishing exec joins Sony label
News PRS for Music U-turns over license fee for small-scale live stream concerts Writer-performers playing their own works to be exempt from paying small-scale livestream licence fee
Analysis News What now for Kobalt? The small matter of a $500m-a-year publishing company, for starters… Following the sale of AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights, where does Willard Ahdritz's company go from here?
News Three Six Zero appointed to handle global management for artist and producer Fraser T Smith He has co-written, mixed, and produced seven No.1 singles in the UK and two No.1 singles in the US
News The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Concord form joint venture Partnership will operate under the Easy Eye Sound label name and logo
News 21 Savage was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q4 2020, with 21 certifications He was followed by Trippie Reed with 19 certifications
News Confirmed: Sony Music is paying $430m to buy AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights Financial filing in the US from Sony confirms price of double acquisition
News Sony Music buys AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights from Kobalt Music Group Rob Stringer-led Sony swoops for Kobalt's independent artist and label services division, which generated $111m in FY2019
News Heidi Jacob appointed Promotions Director at Universal’s 0207 Def Jam Jacob most recently spent four years at Island Records
News Ditto launches Opulous platform to help artists access funding without the need for traditional banks Opulous uses blockchain technology and loans are guaranteed against artists' past streaming revenues
Interviews ‘Latin music artists are not getting the recognition they deserve.’ MTW Agency CEO Diana Dotel discusses the challenges that come with working with Latin music and biggest lessons learned across her career