News Andy Daniell hired to lead Parlophone dance imprint FFRR Records A&R exec joins from Defected Records
Blog Interviews How AURORA got over 3,000 people on TikTok to hold hands for her song, The River Fanbytes CEO Timothy Armoo explains why context is everything when it comes to TikTok and artist campaigns
News Music for gaming start-up Five Vectors, co-founded by former UMG exec, raises $1m in seed funding Funding will be used to attract additional music talent and continue to develop technology
News Veteran radio promoter Billy Burrs joins The Syndicate as SVP of Artist Development & Global Commerce Burrs helped break the likes of The Strokes, Foo Fighters and others during his 15 years as SVP Rock Music at RCA
News Starwatch Entertainment & Tigerspring partner with Believe on new ‘super-indie’ label, Lobster 'The flexibility of an indie label with the marketing power of a major player.'
News Centtrip backs UK-focused A&R Awards with sponsorship of Management Company Award Event takes place at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London on the evening of Tuesday, November 5
News UMPG Nashville signs Brad Tursi to global co-publishing and catalog acquisition deal Tursi is a member of country music band Old Dominion (RCA)
News AWAL partners with Icelandair To Bring ‘A World Artists Love’ showcase to Iceland Airwaves; Alison Donald to Keynote Festival’s Music Conference Iceland Airwaves Showcase to Feature Performances from Millie Turner, Joesef, Yaeger and More
News Spotify launches Daily Drive personalized news and music playlist in Germany Daily Drive playlist is now available in a second market following US launch
News Primary Wave to buy stake in the music publishing catalog and master artist royalties of Styx member Tommy Shaw Deal includes some of Shaw's biggest hits from Styx such as Renegade, Fooling Yourself
Interviews Mr Eazi on the global success of Afrobeats and his mission to empower the next generation of artists Having generated more than 900m streams worldwide and collaborated with the likes of Beyoncé, Mr Eazi started artist services company emPawa Africa in November 2018
News Bubba Sparxxx partners with Symphonic Distribution to launch new label First project is a collaboration with Alexander Kingby called HellalujaH
News Labels ‘nervous’ about Apple Music & TV+ subscription bundle plan – report The FT reports that bundle talks are at an early stage
News Reservoir signs Young M.A to global publishing deal Artist's 2016 single OOOUUU has been certified triple-Platinum
News YouTube Music backs A&R Awards with sponsorship of Icon Award Previous winners include industry legends such as Muff Winwood, Korda Marshall and Simon Cowell
Analysis Spotify’s market cap value has fallen by $15bn in 14 months. Is declining ARPU freaking investors as much as record companies? Without a hardware 'get out', is Spotify's global pricing strategy on a road to nowhere?