News Tom Paul promoted to General Manager of Capitol Records UK Executive has worked at the label for nine years, most recently as Marketing Director
Interviews ‘People were staring at me and Post. It wasn’t what they expected.’ Dre London explains how he and Post Malone launched one of the year's biggest alcohol brands (and lots more besides) during a pandemic
Analysis The One True Fan Theory Peter Robinson wonders if the secret to a happy and successful artist career is focusing on your biggest fan – literally
News Old Town Road was the most listened to Country song in the US in the past year (according to RIAA certifications) The NMPA Gold & Platinum Program has announced the top country songs and songwriters for the past year
News After seeing her masters sold twice in 18 months, Taylor Swift previews re-recorded version of Love Story in Match.com ad Swift announced the tie up via Twitter yesterday
News Marcus Grant promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Commerce at Def Jam Recordings Exec has served as Vice President, Digital Commerce since 2016
News Universal launches audio-visual content house Mercury Studios, led by CEO Alice Webb Eagle Rock brand retired; Mercury Studios will produce content across performance/live, factual/reality, scripted, artist and filmmaker partnerships
News Downtown buys catalog of Motown legend Mickey Stevenson, including Martha Reeves hit Dancing In The Street Deal covers Motown songs including Dancing In The Street, Stubborn Kind of Fellow and Devil With the Blue Dress
News Sony Music Masterworks and Wise Music Group ink strategic partnership to find artist and composer talent Companies will work together to sign and develop new talent in the broad-based classical genre
News Mr. Eazi, Bun B, Tobe Nwigwe and more to speak at UnitedMasters’ second SelectCon virtual conference Inaugural event attracted over 1m viewers in July
News June Gao promoted to General Manager, Warner Chappell Music China Exec joined Warner Chappell Music China in 2013
Interviews ‘The future isn’t just about brands using music; it’s about entire industries using music.’ The CEO of B2B music tech company Tuned Global, Con Raso, offers a global eye on the future growth opportunities for the recorded music industry
News Theo Battaglia promoted to Executive Vice President / Head of Creative at 10K Projects Battaglia joined 10K Projects in 2019 as Head of Marketing
News Spotify just invented AI technology that will police songwriter plagiarism Spotify's in-house AI expert, François Pachet, is a co-founder of the new technology, now being reviewed for a European patent
Interviews J.White Did It Is a Grammy-winning producer with a jaw-dropping story. Here is that story. How Anthony White went from selling beats to working at UPS, and from personal tragedy to award-winning glory
News SoundCloud boss Kerry Trainor to step down; Mike Weissman will become CEO in January SoundCloud's future expansion under Weissman will partly be fuelled by a $75m investment in the company from SiriusXM in Q1 this year
News Larry Mattera named General Manager of Capitol Records and EVP of Capitol Music Group Mattera was most recently General Manager and Executive Vice President of Commerce & Marketing at Warner Records
Interviews ‘The music business isn’t really a place for truth-tellers.’ Top songwriter, publisher, former record label exec and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi talks about lessons learned across a 20-year career