News Warner/Chappell Music promotes Ryan Press to President, A&R, US He has worked closely with Rihanna, Rae Sremmurd, DJ Khaled, Wiz Khalifa and many others
News Live Nation Urban launches series of all-female events featuring Cardi B, Jorja Smith and others All shows will donate a portion of ticket sale proceeds to philanthropic organizations that support the advancement of women
News Universal to develop premium original podcasts in partnership with independent publisher Wondery Podcasts produced under the agreement will be available globally
News EU Parliament votes to ban use of ticket-buying bots Landmark ruling is EU’s first action to regulate ticket resale
News German collection society GEMA generated revenue of €1.02bn in 2018 2018 marks the third consecutive year that GEMA's revenues passed the €1bn mark
News Blueprint Radio launches UK’s first podcast-led plugging service for artists, Blueprint Pods Division is already up and running with the likes of Tom Odell and Freya Ridings
News Amazon’s free Spotify rival is ‘imminent’, licensed by major labels "The music industry seems to be in a good place with Amazon and Apple right now – but less so with Spotify."
News Universal Production Music launches new masters catalog with Abbey Road Studios 'We have amazing frontline talent, but we also have a strong A&R commitment to finding and developing new discoveries.'
News VNUE and Pro Music Rights team up on new music licensing model Pro Music Rights is a privately funded for-profit PRO founded by Jake P. Noch
News CD Baby partners with digital content identification platform Audible Magic CD Baby will use Audible Magic’s RightsRx service to identify content rights conflicts
News SiriusXM makes select talk shows available as podcasts on Pandora Content will reach more than 100 million audio listeners at launch
News Former Condé Nast executive Adam Smith joins UPROXX as Chief Revenue Officer Smith will explore new partnerships and branding opportunities
News DotMusic Limited wins rights to .Music domain name extension The expected launch for .Music is 2020
News Article 13 gets final approval from EU Council 19 member states voted yes, six against and three abstained
News Amazon to launch ad-supported music service to rival Spotify – report Service could launch this week
News Universal close to generating $10m per day from streaming, as Q1 label revenues grow 19.2% Firm's biggest-selling artists in Q1 were Ariana Grande, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, Back Number, Queen and Billie Eilish
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund raises another $185m HSFL's total lifetime raise now sits at just under £350m (approximately $450m)