News PPL reports largest ever Q1 international revenue distribution of £16.1m Previous largest Q1 distribution was in 2017
News ASCAP appoints Ed Razzano as SVP, Administration Services Razzano was formerly Vice President, Global Synch Operations and Systems for BMG Rights Management
News Jody Gerson: UMPG ‘stands with songwriters’ fighting Spotify CRB appeal "By appealing the ruling, these companies fail to acknowledge that songwriters need to be paid fairly."
News AWAL hires Delphine Ferre as Marketing Director, France Exec previously spent three years as Global Vice President, Artist Marketing at Deezer
News Warner/Chappell signs global publishing deal with Argentinian trap star Ecko Ecko is recording new music in Miami to be released later this year
News Former Nielsen exec Anne-Taylor ‘AT’ Adams joins Downtown as SVP, Global Communications Downtown also recently hired David Dormon as Legal Counsel and Director of Acquisitions
News SoundExchange sues Music Choice for underpayment Action follows an audit of Music Choice's royalty statements
News Hit songwriters tell Spotify’s Daniel Ek they’re ‘hurt and disappointed’ by CRB rate appeal 'You have used us and tried to divide us but we stand together.'
Analysis The global value of music copyright topped $28bn in 2017 Figure rose 7.6 percent, according to Spotify's Will Page
News Instrumental inks UK partnership with Coda Agency to drive live opportunities for emerging artists Deal will see Instrumental support Coda’s agents with data and insight
News Amy Jeninga promoted to VP, Digital Strategy at Universal Music Canada 'I’m thrilled to be taking on this new challenge and working with such an innovative, forward-thinking team.'
News Downtown’s Justin Kalifowitz to take part in keynote conversation at the Great Escape 2019 UK music conference also launches brand new day aimed at emerging artists
News R&R Records inks joint venture with Warner Bros. Records First two signings under the new R&R/WBR deal are singer/songwriters Dijon and Wens
News dotBC teams with Digimarc to merge Blockchain and Digimarc Barcode for rights management solutions DotBC seeks to modernize media rights management
News MTV taps former Bleacher Report President Rory Brown as Head of Digital and Social Brown was previously President at Bleacher Report
News Bucks Music Management signs writer and producer Duck Blackwell Writer and producer has recently worked with Louis Tomlinson and Armin Van Buuren
News Hipgnosis snaps up catalog of hit songs by Shawn Mendes co-writer Teddy Geiger The six songs have achieved 23 No.1 chart positions globally
News Virtual DJ users can now stream and mix music directly from SoundCloud with new integration Integration enables creators to stream and mix music from SoundCloud’s catalog