Analysis News Sony Music posts another billion-dollar quarter, as streaming revenues grow 21% Sony labels have posted more than $3bn in revenue in first three months of 2019
News Paul Smith promoted to VP, A&R and International Songwriters for Warner Chappell Music Publisher also launches new song pitching database to accelerate global collaboration
News AEG Global Partnerships appoints Nickole Raymond Tara as Senior Vice President, Global Portfolio Exec joins AEG having spent four years working with Topgolf
News UMPG Nashville signs Justin Ebach to global publishing deal He has cowritten songs that have been recorded by the likes of Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Jake Owen and others
News Anthem Entertainment buys Ricky Reed catalog, including cut on Lizzo hit Truth Hurts Includes singles from Halsey, Meghan Trainor, Lizzo, Leon Bridges, Jason Derulo, Pitbull and more
News Eleven Seven Label Group rebrands as Better Noise Music New signings include Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, AWOLNATION, Atlas Genius
News Sony Music UK launches Magic Star, a new children’s entertainment label led by NBCUniversal exec Will Speer Exec oversaw international marketing across DreamWorks TV and NBCU Kids and Family
News Lewis Capaldi scores No.1 in the US with Someone You Loved Track is the first No.1 single from a debut UK artist since February 2016
Interviews What’s Facebook’s game plan in music? Tamara Hrivnak explains how FB is "filling a gap" in the marketplace
Interviews VEVO 10: ‘The more that you feed into the machine, the more pick-up you’re going to get.’ Vevo's Senior VP of Content, Programming and Marketing, JP Evangelista, on discovering artists, developing careers and how to flourish in an algorithmic world
News London-based Notting Hill Arts Club Recordings launches, headed up by Ewan Grant & Shabs Jobanputra First artists signed to the label are Grimm Twins, Birthday Card and Jesse Wong
News Deezer launches standalone music app for Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format Artists including Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis are available on the app
News AMRA hires Robin Davies as Head of International & General Manager Exec will manage relationships with collection societies, collective management organizations, and CISAC
News Downtown inks deal to represent entire Miles Davis catalog Agreement includes more than 250 compositions
News Spotify hits 113m subscribers, up 5m in three months Company reveals subscriber and user growth for Q3 in latest financial update
News Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy to exit company in January McCarthy will be replaced by Paul Vogel, currently Spotify’s VP of FP&A, Treasury and Investor Relations