News Tencent Music co-President Guomin Xie to leave company next month Xie's exit becomes effective on June 6, 2019. He leaves for 'personal reasons'.
News Tencent Music is ‘windowing’ premium music behind a streaming paywall – with ‘encouraging results’ TME is putting premium music behind a paywall. Should Spotify and Apple follow suit?
News Live Nation names Greg Segal President, Brand & Marketing Partnerships for Aus and New Zealand Segal most recently served as Managing Director of Sydney agency mixitup, which he founded in 2006.
Interviews ‘What I’ve learned, and I’m not saying I’ve practiced it well, is you get what you demand.’ Ariel Rechtshaid on working with Madonna, Vampire Weekend and many more
News Spotify launches cloud-based podcast studio, Soundtrap for Storytellers The service is available today and is priced at $14.99/month
News The Other Songs ventures into publishing in partnership with Kobalt to develop songwriters & artists Deal includes publishing administration, creative services and sync
News Beatport launches subscription music streaming service for DJs A subscription to Beatport LINK costs $14.99 per month
News Warner Chappell Music unveils new logo and brand identity This is the company’s first rebrand since 1987
News Paradigm Talent Agency names Chappel McCollister SVP, Strategic Partnerships He joins from artist management company Sandbox Entertainment
News Paul Sinclair promoted to General Manager & EVP of Atlantic Records Sinclair joined Atlantic in 2006
News Virgin EMI makes UK Official Singles Chart history Label becomes first to have nine singles from multiple artists in the Top 20
News Brittney Ramsdell upped to SVP, Film & TV Synchronization for Republic, Def Jam, Island & Verve Label Group Ramsdell will oversee a newly integrated synchronization team
News Downtown Music Publishing acquires Strictly Confidential catalog Acquisition includes more than 10,000 song copyrights
News Universal exec Will Tanous receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award is presented to those 'who have distinguished themselves within their own ethnic groups while exemplifying the values of the American way of life'
News The Orchard hires Lisa Logutenkow to lead Canadian operations She joins The Orchard from Dine Alone Records
News Justin Kalifowitz on why Downtown bought CD Baby owner AVL Digital Downtown's Founder and CEO was interviewed live on stage at The Great Escape in Brighton, UK
News Government investigation into ‘collapse of PledgeMusic’ demanded by UK Music UK Music CEO Michael Dugher calls for firm to be referred to UK's Competition and Markets Authority
News Warner/Chappell signs Melendi, one of Spain’s biggest pop stars He has sold more than 4 million records to date