News Apple in talks with Spotify to enable music playback control via Siri – report A report in the The Information cites "three people familiar with the discussions"
News Spotify for Podcasters comes out of beta Dashboard displays data such as average listening times, episode streams, and total listeners
Interviews ‘US regulation for songwriters is archaic – and it results in less fair outcomes.’ SESAC continues to disrupt the long-standing domination of US perfoming rights by ASCAP and BMI – while escalating its presence around the world
News AWAL dedicates £50,000 & mentoring program for PRS Foundation’s Women Make Music fund AWAL and PRS Foundation team up for Women Make Music Fund
News IFPI to launch ‘formal inquiry’ regarding allegations surrounding Chairman Plácido Domingo Global trade body taking internal action following sexual harassment claims
News Cinq Music raises another $40m to buy music rights in masters and publishing Money adds to the $20m Cinq raised two years ago
News iHeartMedia teams up with publisher Group Nine Media for exclusive podcast content Partnership to kick off with two new original podcasts from Group Nine brands NowThis and Thrillist
News Warner Records names Jason Heller as Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs Exec was previously Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs at RCA
Interviews Bandzoogle: ‘We’ve built the most powerful, flexible Subscriptions platform available for musicians.’ Company CEO Stacey Bedford talks Subscriptions – and how artists can make the most of them
News Plácido Domingo, Chairman of global recorded music industry body IFPI, accused of sexual harassment Nine women accuse exec of sexual harassment
Interviews This multi-billionaire media tycoon is pumping $500m into a new L.A-based music company. Why? Haim Saban, with a net worth in the region of $3bn, is making a major play in music
News Exec who launched Universal’s Digster and Spinnup in Sweden starts platform for fans to invest in artists ‘without a traditional label’ Mattias Tengblad and Emil Angervall launch Corite out of Sweden with interesting fan-funding model
News Big changes at Sony Music in West Africa: ‘Banko’ Lloyd arrives as GM Michael Ugwu departs Ugwu has been GM at African label outpost since 2016
News Amazon, Universal and Paradigm executives join Troy Carter’s Q&A Clarissa Reformina joins as VP of Creator Services, Ray Kurzeka as VP of Digital Strategy and Austin Hurwitz as VP of Music Operations
Analysis Spotify is still adding more users across Europe and North America than in Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined SPOT is reaching less than 1.5% of its potential addressable market outside of Europe and the Americas
News SoundExchange makes podcast move with new licensing service Service aims to make music licensing easier for podcasters
News Sentric Music Group launches Songwriter Accelerator Program Initiative will benefit 20 new artists every year
News BTS to take first ‘extended’ break since 2013 debut, says Big Hit Entertainment Company issued statement via Twitter