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
Interviews Zane Lowe on Apple Music and Beats 1’s commitment to artists and being the ‘No.1 service for hip-hop in the world’ 'We want artists to be able to do whatever they want, ultimately. That's always been the dream.'
News Peermusic UK inks JV with legendary radio host ‘Whispering Bob’ Harris & music platform Under The Apple Tree The deal establishes a publishing division for UTAT
News After Spotify songwriter fallout, Apple Music inks 3-year deal to support UK’s Ivor Novello Awards PRS For Music drops headline sponsorship to back two specific awards
News Sony Music challenges Amazon’s HD streaming service in Japan with official launch of Mora Qualitas Service has been launched in partnership with Rhapsody International
News Steve Clark, global administration head at Warner Chappell, is leaving the publisher Popular exec currently holds the position of EVP of Global Operations
News Allison Hamamura joins Anthem Entertainment as General Manager, West Coast, and Head of Label Exec joins from the Aloha Music Group
News Jammber releases royalty management platform, Jammber Splits App settles ownership percentages and captures metadata