Interviews ‘As soon as you enter the stupid deal business, you risk all of your deals becoming stupid.’ Believe’s Denis Ladegaillerie envisions a bright, bold future for the UK market. Trigger warning: major record labels might not completely love it...
News Spotify inks exclusive deal with Riot Games to be official audio streaming partner for League of Legends Esports events Partnership includes original podcast series, curated playlists and a new LoL Esports Music Hub on Spotify
News Sony Music UK backs youth outreach initiative in London ‘that seeks to educate and inspire’ Weekly workshops are open to 8 to 19-year-olds and will take place in estates in Chelsea, Edmonton, White City and Dalston throughout August
News Hipgnosis acquires 50% stake in RZA catalog, including Wu-Tang, Kanye West songs Deal includes 50% of copyright interest in 814 songs
News Round Hill Music signs 4 Horsemen Music to global publishing deal Writer collective has worked with Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts and Shinedown
Analysis News The pandemic has hit the major labels this year… but they’re still generating over $1m per hour from streaming What the majors' H1 2020 results tell us about their financial strength amid the year of coronavirus
News 3 things the major labels can learn from Big Hit, home of BTS Lessons from Bang Si-hyuk's comments at Big Hit's Corporate Briefing last week
News JioSaavn’s Artist Originals partners with licensing startup SyncFloor Artist Originals tracks are now searchable and license-ready to creators using SyncFloor
Analysis News Despite pandemic, Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 4.8% to $856m in the first half of 2020 Audio streaming now claims more than two thirds of Germany's revenues
News Steve Clark joins Round Hill Music as Global Chief Operating Officer Clark joins Round Hill from Warner Chappell Music where he spent over two decades
News UMPG and Riot Games partner on esport-themed songwriting camp in China, with songs to be used for 2020 League of Legends World Championship 2019 League of Legends World Championship attracted over 100m viewers
News BTS label Big Hit saw revenues rocket to $249m in the first half of 2020… partly thanks to livestreamed concerts Figures were revealed during the Big Hit Corporate Briefing
Interviews ‘I feel challenged to get better and grow all the time.’ Shawn Mendes collaborator, Geoff Warburton, on his writing process and his love for Nashville
News Modern Sky inks sub-publishing deal with The Royalty Network for Chinese catalog in North America Catalog will be overseen and managed by Modern Sky UK
News Hundreds of artists are now earning $100k+ per year from streaming via Kobalt’s AWAL Willard Ahdritz says indie artists today can "Get rich... and not die trying"
News Kleopatra Sofroniou promoted to General Manager Classics at Deutsche Grammophon Exec has worked with Universal Music Group over the past 15 years
News Lickd partners with Warner to make music available to YouTube creators 'Deals such as this are expanding the horizons of the digital music market.'
Interviews Reaching over 70m fans, UK’s Bytesized Talent looks to ‘help labels form longer-term relationships with influencers’ Fanbytes' CEO, Timothy Armoo, explains how his firm can take a "full 360 approach to marketing" for its clients.