News Coronavirus clobbers music retail, as Amazon halts trade orders of CD and vinyl FNAC shuts down physical stores in France, as Germany begins "far-reaching" measures
News Grammy-winning songwriter Andrew Watt tests positive for Coronavirus: ‘This is not a joke.’ "To have the mentality, 'I'm young, this can't affect me' is just straight up stupid..."
News Concord hires Jeff Van Driel as General Manager, Global Administration Exec spent 11 years at classical label and distributor Naxos
News BDi Music signs Robert Primrose to global publishing deal He has produced soundtracks for brands such as Honda and Sanctuary Spa
News Tencent Music generated over $1bn from online music last year, ending 2019 with 39.9m paying users TME generated $514m from paying online music subscribers in the year
News Raine Group forecasts that independent artist sector will earn over $2bn this year Merchant bank says 'DIY' artist income, specifically, will jump by 27% to $1.22 billion in 2020
News Sound Royalties launches $20m no-fee advance fund for artists, producers and songwriters hit by Coronavirus impact “Each new application for the next 30 days will be offered this no-cost funding option that provides critical financing and cash flow as we navigate through this temporary situation."
News Duff Berschback named Executive Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs, Concord Music Publishing He was previously at Sony/ATV Nashville for 13 years
News Universal boss Sir Lucian Grainge diagnosed with Coronavirus in Los Angeles (report) Grainge is reportedly receiving treatment at Los Angeles' UCLA Medical Center
News Live Nation, AEG, CAA, WME, Paradigm and UTA ‘recommend large scale events through the end of March be postponed’ due to Coronavirus Companies have also set up a global COVID-19 task force
News Marathon Artists Director of A&R Jaimie Hodgson exits, launches new venture Found Management He will also explore new ventures in the publishing and records sectors
News Amazon Music opens up streaming data with Amazon Music For Artists app App gives artists access to near-real-time streaming data, providing artists with the latest streaming data across their entire catalog
News Stefan Max promoted to Senior Vice President of A&R for Warner Records His first signing to the label is alternative artist, Sub Urban
News Apple inks new deals with Universal, Sony and Warner for music streaming Deal does not include license for Apple Music and TV bundle
News Live Nation’s value has been slashed in half by Coronavirus – but it’s got off easy compared to iHeartMedia iHeart's stock crashed by nearly a quarter (22%) today
News Spirit Music Group inks publishing deal with Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart Spirit will administer his future works
Interviews What’s it like to be a music company in the middle of the Coronavirus lockdown in Italy? Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante on life and business under Coronavirus lockdown in Italy
News Former SYCO A&R Russell Hunt to head up Tigerspring’s UK expansion; first signings announced Company was founded in 2007 by Christian Møller and Søren Winding