News Sony/ATV extends deal with Grammy-winning songwriter Boi-1da Songwriter has penned hits for superstars including Drake, Rihanna, Eminem, Cardi B
News BMI appoints Shirin Foroutan as Vice President, Creative, Europe Foroutan will be based out of BMI’s London office
News UK competition watchdog clears proposed AEG Facilities and SMG merger Merger to create new global facility management and venue services firm, ASM Global
News BMG brings Nashville recording, publishing and copyright operations under one roof at new complex The move comes 10 years after the new BMG first established a base in Nashville
News Former Muse Tour Director Glen Rowe launches UK management firm KYOTO Company is also launching a new recording studio outside of London
News Deezer plans 2020 User-Centric Payment System pilot launch – if it can get rightsholders to sign up Companies that support Deezer’s UCPS proposal so far include Because Music, Wagram Music, Play Two, Idol and others
News Sony/ATV signs King Princess to worldwide publishing deal Single 1950 has been streamed more than 200 million times
News Cindy James named Head Of Commercial Marketing for Caroline James was most recently Vice President of Streaming & Playlisting Strategy for Island Records
News Jammber acquires TuneRegistry to expand music rights and royalty administration capabilities TuneRegistry co-founder and CEO Dae Bogan joins Jammber as its Senior Vice President of Global Music Rights
News UMPG names Thomas Vidovic as MD, Germany and SVP, Austria & Switzerland; Diana Muñoz promoted to SVP, Finance and Administration Both promotions are effective immediately
News Uncategorized Anna Gregorek joins YMU Group as Commercial Director YMU Group manages Clean Bandit, Take That and many more
News Universal’s TuneCore rival, Spinnup, gets UK relaunch via UMOD partnership The platform will be branching out into educational, live and commercial ventures in 2019
News BMI claims ‘highest royalty distributions of any music rights org’ as it pays out $1.196bn to songwriters and publishers The US-based performance rights organization collected a record $1.283bn
News Spotify takes another step beyond music with hire of ex-CBS News President David Rhodes hired as original news content consultant
News ‘They lead the best A&R team in the industry’: David Gray and Walter Jones named Co-Heads, A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Jody Gerson praises "accomplished A&R executives who have helped develop some of the brightest creative talent"
News Rodney Shealey named EVP at Def Jam Recordings, as Theda Sandiford steps up to SVP role “Rodney and Theda are seasoned, veteran leaders who have earned the respect of their colleagues throughout Def Jam, UMG, and the industry at large."
Analysis News Apple wanted to improve songwriter pay to $0.00091 per stream. Spotify and Google weren’t keen. Historical filings show why Spotify believes "lower royalty rates are critical" to the service's future
News Kobalt appoints Johan Land as Chief Product Officer At Waymo he led the launch of the first commercial self-driving cars service