News When it comes to music distribution, artists should beware of the industry’s tourists Nick Gordon of Symphonic Distribution gives his view on those offering incredible deals to artists
News Because Music boss Emmanuel De Buretel calls for Spotify and rivals to adopt ‘user-centric’ licensing 'The so-called 'user centric' model, based on a user-based income distribution, would be more virtuous.'
News Alastair Kinross appointed Head of A&R at Insanity Records He joins from Sony/ATV publishing where he was Senior A&R Manager
News LyricFind receives Government funding to promote Canadian content via lyrics The two-year project supports the licensing, transcription and translation of Canadian artists and songwriters’ lyrics
News The Rolling Stone Charts officially launch in the United States Rolling Stone says its five charts "almost real-time on a daily basis"
Analysis Who is the biggest hit songwriter working today? According to MBW's calculations, in the first half of 2019... it was Sony/ATV signing Louis Bell
News Alison Wenham appointed Non-Executive Director at Funnel Music Former AIM & WIN CEO joins Board in strategic role
News Apple Music to host Up Next Live concerts featuring Bad Bunny, Lewis Capaldi, Jessie Reyez and others All shows will be hosted after hours in Apple stores
News Beatport LINK streaming service is now available in the public beta of Pioneer DJ’s rekordbox software Beatport LINK allows DJs to stream directly into DJ performance software
News Troy Carter’s Q&A chooses Max Lousada’s Warner for deal offering artists an ‘upstream’ to a ‘global network’ "Having a partnership with WMG allows us to upstream independent artists that are looking to release through a major label system, therefore, enabling us to continue to add value at every stage of their career.”
News Spotify hires former VICE Media exec Cameron Farrelly as Global Creative Director "I will be developing campaigns, activation and original IP that the world will obsess about"
News BBC executive salaries revealed – do they offer good value for money? Broadcaster publishes names and salaries of all senior execs paid over £150,000
News A day after Spotify quits artist distribution, SoundCloud explains how it helps indie acts ‘build careers on their own terms’ Blog post was followed by an Instagram Q&A to "answer creator’s questions about distribution".
News Epidemic Sound raises $20m, announces expansion into South Korea Company to launch in South Korea via a partnership with DS Asset Management
News Music Publishers Association names Downtown’s Roberto Neri as new Chair of MPA Board He will take up the position following the MPA AGM on July 3, 2019
News AWAL signs worldwide recordings deal with Cold War Kids Recent single Complainer was Zane Lowe's World Record on Beats 1
News TIDAL rolls out interactive credits to highlight roles of songwriters, producers, engineers & musicians 'TIDAL is looking forward to working with artists and labels to create an in-depth database of credits.'
News Concord Recorded Music hires Fred Gillham as Managing Director, UK Hiring coincides with the opening of the company's London office