News Paul Firth named Amazon Music’s Director of International, as Jillian Gerngross steps up to Director of Europe "I'm thrilled to now see Jillian lead this incredible team," says Firth
News Spotify is launching a new global brand to ‘connect with Black audiences’ Spotify also appears to be launching a new "hub" on the platform
News Epidemic Sound posted $42m in net revenues in 2019 – and a $23m operating loss Controversial production music company's financials laid bare by MBW
News Sony’s The Orchard partners with Sony/ATV to offer publishing services Harry Nach, Kiddtetoon, G Herbo and Summer Salt among the first to use The Orchard’s publishing services
News Award-winning songwriter David Hodges sells copyrights to Kobalt Capital’s fund Hodges also continues long-time partnership with Kobalt Music Publishing for future works
News BMG Production Music makes several promotions and new hires in the UK and US Scott Doran, Caspar Kedros and Sam Delves promoted to Senior Global Creative roles
News Sony Music Masterworks forms new RoadCo booking agency with execs Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota RoadCo will work to develop and produce a range of live events
News Anna Schlafer joins Karma Artists as UK management firm expands into the US Exec has spent 12 years at Kobalt Music Publishing, most recently as Senior Director of Creative
News Led Zeppelin wins Stairway to Heaven copyright fight US Supreme Court refuses to hear the case, putting a full stop on legal saga
News Triller inks multi-territory licensing deal with ICE Deal for the musical works represented by the ICE Core
News Spotify gets serious about its charts, launching weekly Top 50 lists for Albums and Songs Platform also launches new Debuts charts to track early popularity of tracks and albums
News Concord Music Publishing signs Robert Glasper Deal is part of Concord Music Publishing’s creative venture with Loma Vista Recordings
News Producer MK appoints Three Six Zero as his global management team He will be managed by Three Six Zero Partner Milo Mitchum & Three Six Zero CEO, Mark Gillespie
News Amazon Music partners with Universal, Warner to exclusively offer streaming albums in ‘better than CD quality’ Ultra HD "With this partnership, we are building upon that promise by upgrading existing recordings to make the listening experience even better, and preserving artistic legacy for future generations."
News Warner Music Asia partners with venture capital firm SOSV to jointly invest in startups Partnership seeks to boost tech innovation in the music sector
News Taponeswa Mavunga appointed Director of Africa at Sony Music UK, reporting to Jason Iley Exec will be responsible for amplifying UK signed artists across Africa