News BMG Production Music promotes Alex Marchant, Ciaran McNeaney and Sam Delves to global roles Marchant and McNeaney co-founded Deep East Music
News Brad O’Donnell and Hudson Plachy promoted to Co-Presidents of Capitol Christian Music Group Duo will report to Peter York, Chairman & CEO of CCMG
News Tencent and KKR are mulling $22.7bn Universal Music Group bids – report Potential bids would value Universal at around $46bn
News MelodyVR hires former Shazam exec Miles Lewis as Chief Commercial Officer Lewis is a former Senior Vice President International for Shazam
News CD Baby expands into Asia Pacific, makes key hires in Colombia, Canada and UK CD Baby has new hires in Latin America, the UK and EU and Canada
News Charlie Phillips to head up Worldwide Independent Network Phillips steps up from his previous role as Director of Legal and Business Affairs
News Ticketmaster acquires Australia’s Moshtix Moshtix will continue to operate as a standalone business
News Canada’s CMRRA launches unclaimed works portal to help publishers and songwriters get paid Music publishers and songwriters can search for unmatched uses of their repertoire
News Spotify IS launching India today, with Premium costing the equivalent of $1.67 per month One day of PAYG Spotify Premium access in India costs 13 INR ($0.18), with seven days costing 39 INR ($0.55) and one month costing 129 INR ($1.81)
News Pandora’s new Stories feature lets artists create playlists interspersed with voice tracks Pandora Stories is the latest addition to Pandora's Artist Marketing Platform
News FutureKind hires Ben Patterson as Head of Marketing He joins the company from Virgin EMI Records
News Spirit Music Group inks global publishing deal with songwriter & producer Gregg Wattenberg Wattenberg will also sign new talent to the company under his Arcade joint venture
News Warner: Spotify just lied about India injunction – and its comments on negotiations are ‘appalling’ "Spotify's comments yesterday about our fair market negotiations were appalling to us..."
News UPDATE: Spotify could launch in India today as High Court denies Warner/Chappell injunction Spotify: "This ensures songwriters, artists, labels and publishers will benefit from the financial opportunity of the Indian market and that consumers will enjoy an excellent Spotify experience."
News Spotify is getting into sports with new podcasting drive The successful candidate expected to help establish "Spotify’s presence and voice in the [sports] category".
Analysis News Spotify vs. Warner: What’s really going on? The story behind the story of today: Warner suing Spotify, and Spotify calling the major "abusive"