News Chance the Rapper hits 1 billion streams on SoundCloud Artist uploaded his first music to the platform eight years ago
News Bandzoogle to host artist sites for CD Baby’s HostBaby as service winds down HostBaby users will keep the same domain, inbox, and other assets
News Cinq Music signs record label Rancho Humilde to global distribution deal Rancho Humilde was founded by Jimmy Humilde, Roque Venegas and Jose Becerr
News Spotify veteran Will Hope exits to join YouTube as Head of Artist Marketing, EMEA Exec was previously Spotify's Head of Artist Marketing, UK & International
News Daniel Ek rubbishes iHeart boss Pittman’s claim that ‘73% of Spotify’s listening comes from just 3% of their audience’ iHeart now reaches 275 million Americans monthly – more than the top two closest broadcast radio competitors combined
News AWAL inks partnership with Brian Kelley And Tyler Hubbard’s newly-formed Round Here Records Country artist Canaan Smith signed as part of new partnership
News Dave Pichilingi to head up Modern Sky Entertainment in the US, role expanded to CEO UK & North America Exec will divide his time between Liverpool, London and Los Angeles
Analysis News Why, in a post-Tencent/Universal world, the three major music companies are worth nearly $90bn MBW estimates that Universal, Sony and Warner are now collectively worth just shy of $89bn
News Sony/ATV signs deal for Scott Weiland’s Stone Temple Pilots song catalog Weiland was the co-writer and frontman for the bands first six albums
News SoundCloud expands Creator Education Program with launch of SC101 tutorial series SC101 kicks off with a 9-part ‘how-to’ short video series with live events to come later this year
News Spotify to raise family subscription price by 13% in Scandinavia – report Spotify hiked prices by 10% in Norway last summer – and they haven't come back down
News Amazon Music’s subscriber base isn’t really growing faster than Spotify’s Spotify is increasing its subs base by over 20m people year-on-year – Amazon is dragging significantly behind
News Major Lazer’s Walshy Fire signs with Concord Music Publishing The deal covers all existing work including collaborations with Koffee, Sean Paul, Chronixx, Rudimental, Anne Marie & Mr Eazi and other artists
News Influencer & celebrity merch marketplace Represent acquires concert merch platform, Sidestep Artists who have used Sidestep include Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, Adele and many others
Blog David Bowie’s Space Oddity turns 50 this year – here’s the story behind the iconic track Simon Platz MD of Bucks Music Group, which, through Onward Music Ltd, publishes Space Oddity and more than 20 Bowie copyrights, tells the tale behind the No.1 single
News Angela Nguyen upped to Vice President, Warner Music Artist Services Nguyen has been promoted four times since joining WMAS in 2013
News Sony/ATV promotes Jorge Mejia to President & CEO, Latin America and US Latin He was previously promoted to President, Latin America and US Latin in 2016
News Former SESAC board member Hayden Bower launches new PRO, AllTrack Executive team previously worked with the likes of SESAC, Rumblefish, Tunecore, Songs, Bicycle, and Bug Music