News The world’s next pop superstar? Rosalía signs global deal with Universal Music Publishing Group 26 year-old Spanish singer, songwriter and producer is being tipped as next big thing
News Rodrigo Domingues named Managing Director of peermusic Portugal Domingues joined peermusic Portugal in 2001
News After raising $13.5m, new ‘Music Interaction Network’ Show4me is unveiled at Midem Platform's tools include: (i) a $1 fan membership model; (ii) music and concert crowdfunding abilities; (iii) music sales; (iv) direct-to-fan interaction
News Songtrust strikes global partnership with Irish Music Rights Organisation, IMRO Deal will enable songwriters to use Songtrust’s cloud-based music publishing platform to affiliate directly with IMRO
News SoundCloud Go+ launches in Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland SoundCloud Go+ and SoundCloud’s free, ad-supported tier are now available in 14 countries
News Royalty software company Backbeat launches new CWR processing service Italy's Machiavelli Music registers over 75,000 songs with local PRO
News Reservoir signs multi-platinum-selling songwriter & artist RuthAnne to global publishing deal RuthAnne’s chart topping co-writes have amassed 2 billion streams between them
News Ireland-based Dublin Vinyl launches direct-to-fan service for labels and artists Service is compatible with most e-commerce platforms including Bandcamp, Shopify, Woocommerce and Big Cartel
News Ole Obermann in surprise exit from Warner Music Group Chief Digital Officer exits after three years with major record company
News Live Nation acquires Poland-based promoter Go Ahead Go Ahead has worked with the likes of Wolf Alice, Khalid, Twenty One Pilots, Years & Years and George Ezra
News Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee to receive Music Industry Trusts Award 2019 Award will be presented on November 4 at a ceremony held in aid of the BRIT Trust and Nordoff Robbins
News Nadia Shukri, Josie Charlwood, Amelia Scivier and Luke Williams join Closer Artists in London Manager Luke Williams joins firm with roster that includes Calum Scott
News Austin Daboh quits Spotify – is he headed to Apple? Popular London-based exec joined Spotify from BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra in 2016
News Mojo Music & Media acquires majority stake in publishing company Chelsea Music Chelsea's repertoire includes standards made famous by Frank Sinatra
News UnitedMasters hires ex-Instagram exec Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood as President "Lauren has always been a trailblazer and will be integral to the continued growth of UnitedMasters."
News Having raised $12.5m to date, Stem quits DIY distribution, increases its fees and focuses on ‘top performing artists’ Firm launches 'Stem Direct' which it says will super-serve VIP artists
News Can the major labels overcome these 5 threats in the years ahead? European revenues, piracy, and the growth in streaming platform strength are all challenges