News Warner Music Asia promotes Brayden Crossley and makes two new senior appointments Brayden Crossley upped to SVP, Marketing, Greater China and South East Asia and Darren Ho & Phil Lue hired in senior roles
Analysis How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago. New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts
News Universal launches Nashville Career Jam: ‘Meet the people shaping a new era.’ New careers event takes place on Thursday, June 20
News Ahead of Spotify and Apple negotiations, Oana Ruxandra chosen to lead Warner’s Business Development team Respected Warner veteran Ron Wilcox to step down at end of this year
News YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk exits company Firm has has worked with the likes of BLACKPINK, BIGBANG and Psy
News Concord acquires historic classical music publisher Sikorski Business to sit alongside Concord’s Boosey & Hawkes classical division
Interviews Amuse is capable of offering $1m-plus advances. What’s its long-term game plan? Amuse CEO Diego Farias explains how he's building a record label fully attuned to the needs of artists in the digital age
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News Hip-hop producer Turbo signs global co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music 'He’s a true innovator'
News Independent publisher CTM opens Latin division in partnership with production duo Play-N-Skillz First signings will be announced in September
News Sony/ATV promotes Dale Esworthy to EVP, Worldwide Administration He will manage all administration operations for the publisher
News LiveXLive Media posts record revenues, reaches 720,000 paid subscribers Paid subscriber base up 50% year-over-year
News FUGA Italy strikes digital service deal with independent label and distribution company Planet Records Planet Records has released hits by the likes of like Daddy Yankee and Pitbull
News Less than 1% of all videos on YouTube ever reach more than 100,000 views 'Should YouTube remove these 99.36% of underperforming videos, they would save an astounding amount of money.'
Interviews ‘Music is fundamentally important to people. It’s not disposable – nor are the artists who create it.’ Ian Montone, manager of Vampire Weekend and many others at Monotone Inc. on the industry and his career
News Pandora launches in-house digital consultancy, Studio Resonate Consultancy to provide advertisers with audio creative development, sonic branding and strategy services
News DistroKid partners with Audible Magic to verify music authenticity Distributor also launches free service called DistroLock