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
News Kobalt Music Publishing promotes Amanda Samii to Vice President, Creative Samii joined Kobalt in 2011 as an assistant on the Creative team
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund acquires Dave Stewart catalog Company acquires 100% of Stewart’s copyright interest in his catalog
News Kobalt signs deal with Nina Nesbitt Admin deal includes publishing, administration, creative services and sync for future works
News Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects hires Brittney King Brock as GM and President of Operations 10K works with artists including 6ix9ine, Trippie Redd, Lil Gnar and Austin Brown
News UK songwriters could be losing out on millions in streaming royalties each year, says new MMF report Report calls for urgent reform to the way in which repertoire is licensed to digital services
News Deezer’s free tier can be controlled with Amazon Alexa now, but not in the US and Japan Feature will roll out to Alexa-enabled devices over the next two weeks
News PledgeMusic fails to find buyer, heads for administration Co-founder Benji Rogers confirms demise of crowdfunding platform
News Create Music Group launches free app for songwriters to generate split agreements Create has been beta testing the app since January
News Warner boss Steve Cooper warns against ‘devaluation’ of music from freemium streaming services, and their ‘mismanaged’ family plans Rhetoric from major label group hardens in wake of India Spotify fallout
News Apple Music hires Google’s Lindsay Rothschild to lead Music Publishing Creative Services in North America Rothschild started in the new role on April 29