News Mary Bekhait appointed first UK CEO of YMU Group Exec will oversee five UK divisions of Sport, Music, Drama, Entertainment and Business Management
News What’s the UK’s Song Of The Year? Songs performed by Stormzy, Mabel, Lewis Capaldi and more will duke it out
News AEG Presents opens Singapore HQ, names Matthew Lazarus-Hall Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific Expansion in the region includes Relocating Headquarters to Singapore, with new developments and partnerships in Bangkok, Seoul, Australia and China
News Mechanical Licensing Collective proposes start-up assessment of $37.25m ahead of 2021 launch The law mandates that the 'startup assessment' will be wholly paid by the digital services
News Spotify: ‘Owning’ discovery of music will lead to improved gross margin Paul Vogel tackles user demand, podcasts and label negotiations in Goldman Sachs interview
News Austin Daboh joins Apple Music as Head of Editorial for UK & Ireland Daboh reports to George Ergatoudis, Head of Music at Apple Music UK
News Warner Music Artist Services promotes Andrew Peterson to Vice President, Tour & Artist Services Exec originally joined Warner Music Artist Services in 2009
News Universal launches Def Jam South East Asia and Astralwerks Asia UMG also announces arrival of Ingrooves & Spinnup for the region
News Kobalt hires Sebastien Cayla as Director of Synch and Brand Partnerships, France & Belgium Exec was previously Head of Synch at Warner Chappell Music France
News As predicted, Amazon launches $15-per-month hi-def music streaming service, Amazon Music HD “Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses," says Neil Young
News DJ and producer R3HAB signs with Virgin Records Germany/Universal Music Fadil El Ghoul (aka R3HAB) released his debut album Trouble through his imprint CYB3RPVNK in 2017
News UK artists Aitch, L Devine and Easy Life join Deezer NEXT 2019 development program Program provides artists with 12 months of marketing and editorial support
News BeSixth appoints Jon Leshay as Head of Global Strategic Partnerships and Branding Former Elektra Records Senior Vice President joins newly-formed agency
News British music is losing its market power in the USA. Does BMG have the answer? "The problem for UK artists is that US-based companies naturally tend to favor their local repertoire... our view is that UK artists and songwriters deserve better than that."
Interviews How Lewis Capaldi became a billion-stream superstar – according to his manager, Ryan Walter "Musically, he’s my favourite artist of all time. I know that probably sounds lame, but it’s true."
News Sony/ATV signs Rihanna to worldwide publishing deal Agreement covers superstar’s entire song catalog and future works
News AEG Presents and Eden Project form new Eden Sessions joint venture Concert series has featured performances from Oasis, Elton John, Blondie, Bjork, Lionel Richie, Paul Weller and more