News Instrumental’s record label frtyfve partners with Movember Foundation on global ‘Mo Sounds’ initiative Participating artists to donate 50% of profits from the recordings to benefit Movember’s cause areas
News Endeavor Group postpones planned IPO 'Endeavor will will continue to evaluate the timing for the proposed offering as market conditions develop.'
Interviews News Rob Stringer talks Sony’s strategy, Tencent/Universal… and why music is worth more than ‘2 minutes of someone snoring in Lapland’ Sony Music Group Chairman & CEO gives his thoughts on the modern marketplace
News Cooking Vinyl signs Fickle Friends to worldwide artist services deal Deal follows success of their debut UK Top 10 album You Are Someone Else
News Todd Moscowitz’s Alamo Records hires Tiara Hargrave in EVP role "I am thrilled to have Tiara in this important role at Alamo."
News Sam Potts joins AWAL as Vice President of Promotion Potts joins AWAL after being Head of Radio Promotions at Columbia Records
News Licensing start-up Soundfeed, used by 150 labels, moves to open beta Company says that it simplifies the task of finding licensable repertoire from non-domestic territories
News Start-up Audoo joins Abbey Road Red tech incubator Audoo was launched in 2018 to monitor and distribute music royalties
News Bucks signs Seton Daunt in exclusive publishing deal Writer and producer has worked with a range of artists including Kylie and Everyone You Know
News Beatport’s LINK streaming service integrates with Virtual DJ LINK allows DJs to stream Beatport’s catalog directly into DJ performance software
News Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK signs Jonas Blue His tropical house reworking of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car climbed to No.2 in the UK in 2016
News Radio platform Stationhead, which counts Kevin Liles & Downtown as investors, adds on-demand content Music is streamed through Apple Music and Spotify integrations
Analysis News Latin music will generate close to $500m from streaming in the US this year – but it’s losing (a bit of) market share Across all formats, genre claimed 4.31% share in the first half of 2019
News Spotify for Artists app redesigned for iOS and Android App will display real-time listening stats
News ASCAP celebrates 15th year of Music Creator Conference with new name and location Previous speakers and performers at the conference have included Justin Timberlake, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Katy Perry and others
News Universal Music Publishing Group extends global publishing deal with The xx Group has been signed to UMPG for a decade
News Reservoir teams up with CTM Publishing to co-sign Thom Bridges Joint-venture will see Reservoir and CTM work together on all creative and administrative aspects of Bridges’ songwriting career
News Simon Fuller picks AWAL as global partner for pop group Now United Deal offers global distribution, marketing strategy and playlist pitching