News Natina Nimene promoted to Senior Vice President, Urban Promotion at Def Jam Recordings Executive was previously Vice President, Urban Promotion, Def Jam Recordings
Analysis Blog How to Turn a $147 Song into a $79 million Tour (Or: How Songwriters Are Getting Stiffed On Live Music Royalties) TuneCore's Chris Dampier explains the measly rewards being passed to songwriters from sell-out concerts
News Kobalt promotes Sam Taylor to Executive Vice President, Creative He joined the company as Senior Vice President, Creative in 2016
News Live Nation Sweden’s Marketing Director exits to join tech startup Society icon He leaves the concert and festival promoter after nine years
News Bucks Music Group signs Zand to exclusive worldwide publishing deal 'Zand is one of those rare people that simply embodies art and creativity.'
News Big Machine Label Group Records ups Jimmy Harnen to President & CEO Harnen joined the company 10 years ago
News 272m Americans listen to the radio each week – 7m more than in 2016 Nielsen has released its Audio Today 2019 report
Analysis Live music business slumps in first half of 2019, with world’s Top 100 tours down $752m year-on-year MBW analysis of Pollstar data shows significant decline in blockbuster concert revenue worldwide
News Are you ready for Spotify: The Game Show? Spotify is hiring a reality Formats Lead to develop original game show, dating/romance, self-improvement and competition audio content
News WMG’s Arts Music Division & Warner Chappell Music team with Build-A-Bear Workshop to launch new label Build-A-Bear Records will release original albums, singles and playlists
News Warner Chappell Music signs Drake collaborator Summer Walker to global deal Deal covers all existing and new compositions written by Walker
News Lorna Clarke named as first ever BBC Pop Music Controller in major radio leadership shakeup Clarke has almost 30 years' broadcasting experience
News AEG Presents promotes Jim King to CEO of new European Festivals division King has worked at AEG Presents for over a decade
Interviews Show4me: ‘We want to bring back the value of music as an artform.’ Show4me founder and CEO, Karen Chiftalaryan, discusses the platform and its unique attributes
News Spotify Lite Android app rolled out in 36 markets across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa App uses less storage, data, and battery power
Interviews ‘I marry business to my passion for music – not the other way round.’ Peter Edge runs RCA Records at Sony in New York. At heart, he says, he’s still the fastidious A&R setting a high bar for the artists his company signs...
Analysis Blog My Manifesto: Island Records’ Alex Boateng A five-point plan for change from Island Records’ UK President of Urban, Alex Boateng...