News UK’s MMF publishes free ‘Fan Data Guide’ for artists and managers Contributors include Red Light Management's Lisa Ward and ie:music's Tom Burris
News David Hazan to head up Midem’s North American business He will be based in the Reed Midem offices in New York
News Cooking Vinyl Publishing signs joint venture deal with Sound Collective Sound Collective currently manages over 15 songwriters and producers
News Kobalt signs deal with estate of rock and blues legend Gregg Allman This is the first change in administration for the catalog in more than 15 years
News Why is SiriusXM buying Pandora in a $3.5bn deal – and what’s it going to do with a music streaming platform? The biggest deal of 2019 so far should close by the end of this week
News SoundExchange paid $953m to artists and labels last year – an all-time record Organization now on cusp of surpassing $6bn in lifetime payouts to recorded music members
News SiriusXM hits 34m subscribers, banks huge net profit of $1.2bn in 2018 SiriusXM's 2018 net profit grew 81% last year
News American Airlines to provide exclusive inflight access to Apple Music Apple Music subscribers can listen to playlists with no Wi-Fi purchase required
News SiriusXM inks deal to be installed as standard in all US Toyota vehicles The deal also extends the long-term relationship between the two companies into 2028
News Ben Vaughn promoted to President & CEO of Warner/Chappell Nashville Vaughn was previously President of Warner/Chappell Nashville since 2017
News Mixcloud boosts brand partnership capabilities with new hire Joseph Strinati Strinati was previously responsible for European business development at The FADER's in-house creative agency Cornerstone
News Sentric and Strictly Confidential renew deal with Joe Hammill Hammill landed his first No.1 record in 2016 after co-writing Alice On The Roof’s debut album Higher
News Barcelona court orders internet providers in Spain to block access to seven torrent sites One of the sites was making $1.3m profit a year, says Promusicae
News Hipgnosis Songs buys music catalog of Santana’s Smooth co-writer Itaal Shur The catalog comprises 209 songs
News Nigeria’s Mavin Records secures multi-million dollar investment from Kupanda Holdings “Our mission is to grow Mavin Global into the music powerhouse of Africa,” says Don Jazzy
News Warner Music inks wide-ranging deal with Istanbul-based Doğan Group Deal ranges from video content creation to physical distribution
News Pandora CEO Roger Lynch out as shareholders approve sale to Sirius XM SiriusXM's Jim Meyer will take over running of music platform
News UK crowdfunding platform Show4me attracts $12.8 million investment Show4me is owned by UK-based company Wefuture