News Audiomack inks first major label licensing deal with Warner Music Group Companies will work together on content concepts and explore ways to break emerging artists
News Tarek Al-Hamdouni promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Marketing at RCA Records Exec began his career at RCA a decade ago
News Ann Tausis promoted to CEO of Kobalt Neighbouring Rights Exec has overseen $250m in payouts in past half-decade
News Warner Chappell Music signs worldwide deal with UK artist, songwriter, DJ and producer Afro B His single Drogba (Joanna) has accumulated millions of streams
News Eminem’s publisher sues Spotify (but Eminem didn’t know anything about it) Lawsuit alleges that the music streaming service lacks licenses for nearly 250 songs
News Spotify gets more free: 3 month Premium trial launched for new subscribers, rivalling Apple Music New subscribers can now get 90 days of Premium for free – and it's a permanent move
News Music industry veterans Chris Herbert and Rick Riccobono join the board of music tech start-up Audoo Nigel Elderton also joined the Audoo advisory board in July
Analysis Apple Music Connect: What could it have become if it wasn’t scrapped? Had Apple committed to its social media platform a little more, could it have taken on Insta and TikTok?
News Former RCA UK MD Neil Hughes joins Tileyard Music as Managing Director Hughes led campaigns for acts including Bring Me The Horizon, Pink, Paloma Faith
Interviews ‘The word manager is misleading. People think we’re somehow the boss of the artist. It’s the opposite; they’re the boss.’ Ex-Nirvana manager, now running Gold Village Entertainment, Danny Goldberg discusses his past, and his present
News The Orchard expands into Japan with new Tokyo office led by Yuuki Kaneko Expansion provides substantial growth opportunity for the independent sector in second-largest global music market
News Centtrip Music reaches 500 client milestone Clients include over 150 Grammy and BRIT Awards winners
News Warner Records names Claudia Butzky SVP of Brand Partnerships, Strategic Marketing & Commercial Sync Licensing Butzky joins Warner Records from RCA Records, where she was Senior Vice President, Global Brand Partnerships
News AWAL partners with UK-based indie label Juicebox Recordings & signs artists Franc Moody & Joe Hertz Juicebox is the creation of Adam Callan and Becky Tong
News BTS label Big Hit Entertainment turned over $166m in H1 2019 – close to its revenues in the whole of 2018 "The core of Big Hit’s IP business vision is to enhance of the brand power created through artists and secure powerful impact and influence, which can then be expanded into a sustained brand business."
News Taylor Swift is getting friendly with Spotify ahead of her new album, Lover. Times have changed. In the lead-up to launch day, two former foes are getting remarkably cozy...
News A-Trak joins Beatsource Board of Managers Beatsource is a joint venture between Beatport and DJcity
News Prepare yourself for The Story of Spotify: The TV Show Berna Levin to serve as EP and Luke Franklin as Producer