Analysis News Why, in a post-Tencent/Universal world, the three major music companies are worth nearly $90bn MBW estimates that Universal, Sony and Warner are now collectively worth just shy of $89bn
News Sony/ATV signs deal for Scott Weiland’s Stone Temple Pilots song catalog Weiland was the co-writer and frontman for the bands first six albums
News SoundCloud expands Creator Education Program with launch of SC101 tutorial series SC101 kicks off with a 9-part ‘how-to’ short video series with live events to come later this year
News Spotify to raise family subscription price by 13% in Scandinavia – report Spotify hiked prices by 10% in Norway last summer – and they haven't come back down
News Amazon Music’s subscriber base isn’t really growing faster than Spotify’s Spotify is increasing its subs base by over 20m people year-on-year – Amazon is dragging significantly behind
News Major Lazer’s Walshy Fire signs with Concord Music Publishing The deal covers all existing work including collaborations with Koffee, Sean Paul, Chronixx, Rudimental, Anne Marie & Mr Eazi and other artists
News Influencer & celebrity merch marketplace Represent acquires concert merch platform, Sidestep Artists who have used Sidestep include Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, Adele and many others
Blog David Bowie’s Space Oddity turns 50 this year – here’s the story behind the iconic track Simon Platz MD of Bucks Music Group, which, through Onward Music Ltd, publishes Space Oddity and more than 20 Bowie copyrights, tells the tale behind the No.1 single
News Angela Nguyen upped to Vice President, Warner Music Artist Services Nguyen has been promoted four times since joining WMAS in 2013
News Sony/ATV promotes Jorge Mejia to President & CEO, Latin America and US Latin He was previously promoted to President, Latin America and US Latin in 2016
News Former SESAC board member Hayden Bower launches new PRO, AllTrack Executive team previously worked with the likes of SESAC, Rumblefish, Tunecore, Songs, Bicycle, and Bug Music
News Downtown doubles New York office space with new Soho HQ New York office is a 26,399 square-foot space located at 155 Avenue of the Americas
News Mr Eazi’s talent incubator emPawa Africa launches second phase of funding and mentoring program Mentors include Diplo, afrobeats producers E. Kelly, Juls and GuiltyBeatz, South African rapper Kwesta and others
News Warner Chappell Music and Round Hill enter into global partnership Round Hill was founded by Josh Gruss along with Richard Rowe and Neil Gillis in 2010
News 10K Projects, Create Music Group make strategic investment in management & digital agency, Homemade Projects Deal includes launch of Homemade Records JV, to be distributed through Caroline
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