News ‘Creativity is a muscle. It must be worked out. It must be pushed.’ Geffen boss Neil Jacobson on A&R, talking fast, the death of the album and much more
News Absolute Rights Management signs Jack Savoretti Artist scored his first No.1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart in March
News Universal Music Publishing Group signs Logic to exclusive administration deal Logic has amassed billions of streams and sold over five million albums
News Beatport integrates LINK subscription service with Denon DJ hardware Integration to be available before the end of 2019
News Songtrust hires Lara Baker as Director Of Business Development, UK & Ireland Baker was previously Marketing & Events Director at AIM
News TikTok owner to launch Spotify rival – report App could launch as soon as fall 2019 "in a number of territories"
News Sony/ATV inks global content deal with music app developer Gismart The Gismart product portfolio has 17 million monthly active users
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys Jamie Scott catalog 'Jamie Scott has been the UK’s most consistent hitmaker of the last 10 years.'
News Pro Music Rights inks deal with Billboard-charting act OG Maco 'The industry should take note that artists will no longer have to stand idle while their royalties are tied up in an opaque, antiquated system.'
News After Spotify’s launch in India, how is its global expansion progressing? An in-depth look at how Spotify performed in Q1 in terms of users and subscribers around the world
News Warner Chappell Music inks global deal with Australia’s Eddie Perfect Eddie Perfect is one of Australia’s most prolific writer/composer/performers
News Apple Music strikes exclusive playlist deal with Ibiza nightlife brand The Night League The Night League is behind Ibiza club brands Ushuaïa and Hï Ibiza
News Music discovery startup LÜM closes $1.2m seed funding round, partners with Frank Productions LÜM focuses exclusively on emerging artists
News Primary Wave Music Publishing acquires 50% stake in Whitney Houston Estate The deal sees Primary Wave acquire a stake in the singer's music assets
News Sony Music to deliver ‘Real Time’ royalty data to artists, and enable monthly cash withdrawals 'Real Time Royalties' and 'Cash Out' set to make life much easier for Sony acts
News Live Nation buys Spaceland Presents, owner of the Los Angeles Echoplex, as part of $20m+ SoCal spending spree Deal is latest in flurry of acquisitions in Southern California
News Spotify tests voice-controlled hardware for the car The 'Car Thing' is being tested in the US only