News DEAG acquires majority stake in LiveStyle’s German division I-Motion Firm acquires majority interest of 50.1%
News YouTube Music poaches Warner’s Dan Chalmers to run EMEA Chalmers has worked for Warner for two decades – now he's off to join Lyor Cohen
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News Spotify inks exclusive podcast deal with Barack and Michelle Obama 'Connecting people with original and thoughtful creators — especially those with the ability to highlight underrepresented and indispensable narratives — is at the core of our mission.'
News Signia Creative partners with Sofar Sounds for shows in aid of Help Musicians The ticket ballot for the June 17 performance is now open
News DEAG acquires 51% majority interest in Germany-based promoter C2 Concerts C2 Concerts saw turnover of €7m in 2018
News David Saslow named EVP, International Artist Relations and A&R for Atlantic Records His previous roles at the label included SVP of Video Content, Programming and Production and then General Manager
News Universal Music Group enters strategic partnership with AI firm Super Hi-Fi Companies will work together to introduce Super Hi-Fi’s AI technology to UMG’s partners
News Yann Miossec leaves Qobuz, joins Kamar Entertainment Group Exec joins firm as COO & General Manager
News Lewis Capaldi tops a million album sales worldwide with Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent The album is also the fastest selling UK debut of 2019 with 90,000 albums sold in the first week
News PledgeMusic collapse: UK music industry unites to support affected artists & businesses UK Music, MMF, AIM, MU, FAC, BPI, MPG and others unite
News AWAL inks physical supply chain deal with Proper Music Group 'Our partnership with Proper is a huge step forward for AWAL'
News SoundCloud names Gilles BianRosa Chief Product Officer He was previously a Chief Product Officer at Samsung
News Goldman Sachs says 1.15bn people will pay for music streaming by 2030, as it ups industry forecast 'Music In The Air' update brings optimistic news for record companies
News Live Nation invests in three female-led companies via first round of Women Nation Fund 'We started the Women Nation Fund to help expand the pool of female entrepreneurs in the live music space.'
News Lil Nas X rejected a $1 million-plus deal with Amuse before signing to Columbia Records 'My challenge would be: excuse me, what did Columbia actually do in this? He was doing millions of streams per day before they picked him up.'