News Ditto to launch ‘Bluebox’ blockchain suite of tools and applications backed by $1m seed capital New blockchain-backed suite of tools and applications for musicians to launch in May 2020
News AWAL signs worldwide recordings deal with mxmtoon Artist's music has been streamed more than 300m times
News TikTok opens massive LA HQ, and is reportedly recruiting for a US CEO Office covers five floors and 120,000-square feet
Analysis News The Grammys fallout gets more shocking every day – but how relevant is the show to the modern record business? MBW research suggests the famed 'Grammy bump' is weakening
News Spotify is testing a Stories feature for influencer playlists YouTube star Summer Mckeen is the first influencer to test the feature
News UK charity Nordoff Robbins & Sony Music UK launch music therapy bursary program Sony Music’s commitment will cover six bursaries across the UK over an initial three-year period
News Could an overhaul of payola rules be on the horizon? Majors asked to explain anti-payola practices to FCC FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly has written to Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group in the US
News Amazon Music has over 55m customers worldwide Subscriptions to Amazon Music Unlimited also grew by more than 50% last year alone, reports company
News Downtown buys independent services company FUGA Deal comes 10 months after Downtown swooped for CD Baby owner AVL
News Tom Coulson-Smith named Director of A&R at Concord Music Publishing Former Warner Chappell Music exec will be based in London
News Beatport: We’ve paid out $300m to independent dance labels Platform releases stats as it celebrates its 16th birthday
News Hasbro’s buyout of Entertainment One cleared by UK antitrust authority Clearance follows confirmation of deal on December 30
News Worldwide Independent Network reveals newly elected board of directors Outgoing directors include Darius Van Arman, Horst Weidenmüller, Louis Posen, Martin Mills and Vic Zaraya
Interviews ‘NTS is all about total freedom of expression. That lies at the core of it.’ Launched in 2011, London-born music platform NTS now attracts over 1.5m monthly unique listeners. Here, the company's bosses tell us how it all began, and how they built it into what it is today...
News Darren Baber joins Warner Records as SVP, Media & Strategic Development Exec joins Warner from Epic Records
News The Estate of Michael Jackson and BMI extend catalog representation Deal was last renewed in 2014