News Capitol Music Group’s Steve Barnett to retire, Jeff Vaughn and Michelle Jubelirer to lead company from January 2021 'Under Steve’s leadership, Capitol has been rebuilt into one of music’s greatest homes for artist and employee talent,' says Sir Lucian Grainge
News SOCAN revenues grew 8.2% in 2019 – but payments to songwriters and publishers shrunk by 6% Distributions to members in 2019 totalled CAD $296m, compared with CAD $315m distributed in 2018
News O2 Arena owner AEG slams ‘hopelessly inadequate’ evidence for Madison Square Garden Company’s proposed MSG Sphere venue in London 'AEG requests that the application should be withdrawn,' states company spokesperson
News 3 things to know about Spotify’s controversial new ‘pay for influence’ tool, Discovery Mode MBW sits down with Spotify to ask about its new tool, which some have accused of bearing the hallmarks of payola
News Warner Chappell Music renews deal with Chinese superstar David Tao 'His evergreen songs have been very influential to the development of Asian music,' says Monica Lee, President, Warner Chappell Asia Pacific
News ONErpm partners with Unison for pan-European and pan-African collection Unison launched at the beginning of 2020 and represents the management of more than 600,000 works
News African music service Mdundo now has 6.4m Monthly Active Users, up from 5m in June Company listed on the Danish stock exchange in September
News AMPED inks North American physical distribution deal with Entertainment One eOne’s labels include Death Row Records, Dualtone Records and Artemis Records
News Tencent Music Entertainment Group and peermusic strike exclusive digital licensing deal in China Catalog includes songs from artists like Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly and The Rolling Stones to Rihanna, Beyoncé and Justin Bieber
News Did Ya Know? podcast launches from music industry veterans Danny D and Adrian Sykes MBW and Music Business UK to support new project
News Sony Music UK inks JV with record label WEAREBLK Label will sign and develop artists across hip hop, UK rap, drill, grime, afrobeat, afro swing and R&B
News Warner’s Rhino reunites with Avenue Records for new catalog licensing deal including classic WAR recordings Deal includes WAR’s master recordings spanning nearly 40 years
News Spotify is letting record labels influence personalized recommendations… so long as they pay for it in royalties "As we learn from this experiment, we’ll carefully test expanding to other personalized areas of Spotify."
News Warner Chappell France boss Caroline Molko to exit, succeeded as MD by Matthieu Tessier Leadership transition will take place over next couple of months
News TikTok and Sony Music ink licensing deal for major’s ‘roster of global superstars and exciting emerging artists’ "TikTok is a leader in this space and we are pleased to be partnering with them to drive music discovery, expand opportunities for creativity and support artist careers.”
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys huge catalog from Kobalt in $322.9m acquisition Merck Mercuriadis does biggest deal yet, snapping up catalog owned by fund managed by Kobalt Capital
News Primary Wave Music Publishing strikes partnership with Olivia Newton-John Partnership includes the catalog of masters and publishing assets owned by the singer
News Sony/ATV signs producer & songwriter Johnny Goldstein to worldwide deal Company has also partnered with Artist Publishing Group to provide creative services to Goldstein