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
News Warner on Lily Allen’s alleged assault perpetrator: ‘We understand he wasn’t and isn’t our employee.’ Company CEO says Allen's account is "deeply disturbing and obviously an appalling thing to have happened"
News Beatchain partners with FUGA to allow its users to distribute content to streaming services Artists can upload unlimited tracks for $1.99 per month
News YouTube bans paid-for plays from contributing towards its Music Charts 'Paid advertising views on YouTube will no longer be considered when looking at a 24-hour record debut.'
News Warner buys into blockchain: Major music company joins $11m investment in Ethereum rival ‘Flow’ Applications Flow will support include artists or bands using crypto tokens for fans to buy digital merchandise