News Concord buys majority stake in pop publisher Pulse in $100m+ deal "This collaboration instantly makes Concord a leader in the frontline pop, hip-hop and R&B publishing world."
News Gary Kelly promoted to Chief Revenue Officer/Global Head of Streaming & Strategy at Interscope Geffen A&M He previously held the title of EVP, Chief Revenue Officer at the label
News Official: Dan Chalmers named Director of YouTube Music in Europe, Middle East and Africa Exec was previously President of ADA - Warner’s independent services and distribution arm – in the UK
News First Access lawyers warn that Lil Peep lawsuit could leave music companies as ‘full-time babysitters for artists’ FAE argues it only agreed to an "arm's length" business arrangement with late rapper
Interviews ‘We want the artist to be at the heart of everything we do.’ Your Army founder James Pitt and Director Christian Nockall discuss the five main changes to affect the UK radio promotion sector in the company’s 12 year history...
Analysis Blog Tencent’s Move to Buy 10% of Universal Music Group Shows the Global Music Business Is In Excellent Health Nue Agency founder Jesse Kirshbaum on the biggest music biz deal of the year
News Beggars leaves ADA to join Redeye, alongside Domino, for physical distribution in the US Deals follow US physical product supply chain problems that arose in 2019
News ByteDance: We’re not selling a stake in TikTok Media report of sale untrue, says TikTok boss Alex Zhu
News Jannika Nyqvist named Director, Marketing & Artist Services at Sony Music Finland Exec was previously a Marketing Manager at Universal Music Finland
News Warner Music Turkey launches as major expands partnership with Doğan Gülce Özyeşilpınar named General Manager of Warner Music Turkey
Analysis News UK record industry grew by over $100m last year – but is streaming starting to run out of steam? Another big gain for key market – but first signs of a slowdown are on the cards
News Sir Lucian Grainge: After Tencent deal ‘our strategic vision remains the same’ "This is an exciting development reflecting a strong validation of our business strategy, our incredible team and your excellent work."
News Official: Universal Music Group to sell 10% stake, worth over $3bn, to Tencent-led Consortium "Tencent and the Consortium members are excited to support UMG's growth through this investment."
News Hasbro completes $3.8bn acquisition of Entertainment One Hasbro now owns albums by the likes of Tupac, Dr Dre and Chuck Berry
News Concord COO Glen Barros exits company after 25 years, launches new venture Exceleration Music will buy Candid Records and launch in the new year
News Instrumental achieves second UK Christmas No.1 in a row, via artist services arm frtyfve LadBaby single beats the likes of Stormzy and Lewis Capaldi to the top spot
News Tencent-backed Gaana says its monthly user count has now surpassed 125m people Company is adding over 3m active users every month