Interviews 5 Golden Rules Of Songwriting – from Steve Mac The Ivor Novello winner gives away some of the most important lessons from his career
Analysis Blog DJ’ing Through the Pandemic: How the Electronic Dance Community is Leading the Industry into Livestreaming Beatport CEO, Robb McDaniels, on how the electronic music community is pushing a valuable new income stream for the business forward
News Little Simz, Dave, Calvin Harris and Steve Mac win big at Ivor Novellos 2020 "Dave and Fraser created a beautiful and important piece of music that will be talked about for a long time to come."
News Last month, TikTok launched music distribution. Now, its users can sell merch direct to fans. After UnitedMasters tie-up, TikTok inks deal with Teespring, which works with over 300,000 creators
News Esther-Mireya Tejeda appointed Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at SoundExchange Exec was previously Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications at Entercom
News Warner Chappell Music inks exclusive worldwide deal with Lil Baby collaborator Section 8 Section 8 worked on tracks such as The Bigger Picture, Get Money and Humble
News Atlantic Records UK signs DJ & producer Joel Corry to long-term deal His single Head & Heart feat. MNEK has spent five consecutive weeks at No.1 in the UK
News Amazon Music is a livestreaming platform now, thanks to Twitch tie-up 'This new feature couldn’t arrive at a more crucial time in the industry.'
News Hipgnosis acquires catalog income from Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx With Mötley Crüe, Nikki Sixx has sold more than 100m albums worldwide
News BMG revenues up 4.8% to $308m in first six months of 2020 The company's operating EBITDA reached €49m ($54m) in H1 2020, which was flat year-on-year
News Triller joins race to buy TikTok via $20bn bid backed by investment giant Centricus helps fund bid to buy TikTok's operations in the US and other territories
Analysis Nearly a third of people in the US are using music streaming subscriptions Some 51% of the $10.3bn generated by streaming in 2019 was paid out to US labels and distributors
News Harry Fox rival Music Reports acquired by private equity firm MidOcean Partners Co-founder Douglas Brainin vacates his role as the company's CEO, succeeded by Dhruv Prasad
News Kendrick Lamar sued for copyright infringement over Loyalty Filing alleges that the defendants 'copied the entire composition, including title, melody, harmony and rhythm'
Interviews ‘Everything I need to know, I learned as a little kid: Be yourself, do what makes you happy, be kind.’ Freddy Wexler on working hard, lucky breaks – and listening to artists
News Walmart to buy TikTok with Microsoft? 'We are confident that a Walmart and Microsoft partnership would meet both the expectations of US TikTok users while satisfying the concerns of US government regulators.'
Blog ‘This generation have a much bigger view. More than a scene defined by a set of stylistic signifiers, they are a music community rooted in shared values.’ Federico Bolza, former Sony VP of Strategy, and now Director of jazz label New Soil on the evolution of the genre in the UK
News Warner Records bolsters Urban & Rhythmic Promotion team with new hires, Wilt Wallace upped to SVP/Head of Urban Promotion Label unveils 'revitalized' Urban & Rhythmic Promotion Department