Analysis Live music business slumps in first half of 2019, with world’s Top 100 tours down $752m year-on-year MBW analysis of Pollstar data shows significant decline in blockbuster concert revenue worldwide
News Are you ready for Spotify: The Game Show? Spotify is hiring a reality Formats Lead to develop original game show, dating/romance, self-improvement and competition audio content
News WMG’s Arts Music Division & Warner Chappell Music team with Build-A-Bear Workshop to launch new label Build-A-Bear Records will release original albums, singles and playlists
News Warner Chappell Music signs Drake collaborator Summer Walker to global deal Deal covers all existing and new compositions written by Walker
News Lorna Clarke named as first ever BBC Pop Music Controller in major radio leadership shakeup Clarke has almost 30 years' broadcasting experience
News AEG Presents promotes Jim King to CEO of new European Festivals division King has worked at AEG Presents for over a decade
Interviews Show4me: ‘We want to bring back the value of music as an artform.’ Show4me founder and CEO, Karen Chiftalaryan, discusses the platform and its unique attributes
News Spotify Lite Android app rolled out in 36 markets across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa App uses less storage, data, and battery power
Interviews ‘I marry business to my passion for music – not the other way round.’ Peter Edge runs RCA Records at Sony in New York. At heart, he says, he’s still the fastidious A&R setting a high bar for the artists his company signs...
Analysis Blog My Manifesto: Island Records’ Alex Boateng A five-point plan for change from Island Records’ UK President of Urban, Alex Boateng...
News UK Competition Authority prepares to launch contempt of court proceedings against Viagogo Secondary ticketing site has not fully complied with court order, says CMA
News Merlin inks data partner deal with music credit resource Jaxsta Firm's database contains more than 100 million credits across 25 million webpages
News Could Spotify be about to launch in Russia for $2.35 per month? Unverified screenshot indicates that platform is coming soon, and cheaper than Apple Music
Analysis After US slowdown, now audio streaming growth shrinks in the UK New BPI stats show decline in volume growth in world's third biggest market
News NMPA-backed Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) approved by US Copyright Office MLC is backed by the National Music Publishers’ Association, the Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Songwriters of North America.
Interviews Jody Gerson: ‘I have to tell my story authentically’ Jody Gerson has transformed Universal Music Publishing Group. But who is the woman behind the billion-dollar publisher?
Analysis Blog ‘Think Billie Eilish meets Lil Nas X, but more organic…’ Lucas Keller, founder of Milk + Honey, sounds off on record label A&R...