News Helaine S. Klasky joins SoundExchange as Chief Communications Officer Klasky was previously the chair of Burson-Marsteller's US public affairs and crisis practice
News Personalization startup Canopy hires Spotify Discover Weekly creator Matt Ogle and NYT journalist Bassey Etim Canopy uses on-device machine learning for content discovery
News Nick Raphael and Jo Charrington to keynote MUSEXPO 2019 Creative Summit MUSEXPO’s Creative Summit takes place March 24–27
News Apple Music subscriptions being given away to Verizon customers in the United States 'Free' subscriptions for customers on $50 or $60 monthly tariffs
News Netflix just raised its prices for the third time since Spotify launched in the USA Netflix's premium tier is $4 per month more expensive than it was in 2015
News Jeremy Vuernick elevated to Executive Vice President of A&R for Capitol Music Group He will also continue in his current position as Head of A&R for the company’s Astralwerks label
News Pandora partners with SoundHound to launch voice control in mobile app Beta access to new voice-enabled smart assistant is available from today (January 15)
News Spotify could launch in India by the end of the month – report The company 'is rumored to be hosting a launch party' in Mumbai at the end of the month
News Vinyl-on-demand service Qrates inks first major label imprint partnership with Warner Music’s Run Out Groove Qrates will provide the label with manufacturing and D2C solutions
News Dan Cohen moves up to Senior Vice President of Marketing at Nonesuch Records Cohen succeeds the label’s longtime marketing chief, Peter Clancy
News Vevo’s JP Evangelista promoted to Senior Vice President of Content, Programming and Marketing Evangelista has been with the music video platform since inception
News YouTube Music-supported Accelerator Programme for Music Managers reveals 24 execs to receive funding The initiative offers 12-month grants of up to £15,000
Analysis News Spotify’s global user base grew faster last year than it did in 2017 Monthly active users jumped 43m in 2018 – but subscriber growth is more complicated
News BMG ups Patrick Joest to Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships & Synch Joest was previously Global EVP, International Licensing & Marketing
News Hip-hop DJ Charlie Sloth announces new show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 The Charlie Sloth Rap Show will air on Saturday, January 19 at 8pm
News Entertainment One hires UK music attorney Gary Mandel as Vice President Creative Mandel previously served as a partner at SSB Solicitors for the last 25 years
News Shawn Holiday promoted to Head of Urban Music at Sony/ATV The new role will run alongside his position as Co-Head of Urban Music at Sony Music’s Columbia Records
News Julian Petty joins Warner Bros. Records as Executive Vice President and Head of Business & Legal Affairs Petty Partner was previously Head of the Entertainment Practice Group at law firm Nixon Peabody LLP