News The artist revolt: Stars seek more streaming money from major labels in Germany Acts including Helene Fischer and Rammstein want a bigger share of the pie
News CTS EVENTIM acquires majority stakes in Switzerland’s Gadget Entertainment and wepromote Deals see company grow its live events portfolio by over 400 concerts per year
News Hipgnosis buys music catalog from Cher’s Believe co-writer Brian Higgins Believe reached No.1 in 21 countries
News Sony strengthens operations in Asia and Middle East, as Shridhar Subramaniam takes new President role Major makes moves in India, China, Korea and beyond
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