Interviews ‘In A&R, you need to be able to have open and honest conversations with artists’ Decca Vice President Tom Lewis on the past, present and future of the iconic label
Interviews ‘The thrill of finding a new act, developing it, and then really breaking it – it’s still the biggest buzz.’ Modest!'s Richard Griffiths, Harry Magee and Will Bloomfield on how they built their company – and the future
News Marshmello manager Moe Shalizi exits Red Light to launch own firm, The Shalizi Group The Shalizi Group represents DJ Marshmello, Jauz, Southside of 808 Mafia
News Spotify: We have ‘no evidence’ that Facebook messages were accessed Streaming company responds to a New York Times story about Facebook data sharing agreements
News HMV to close all Hong Kong physical retail stores The HMV retail business has been present in Hong Kong for 25 years
News Brad Yuan and Noam Mantel join Songtrust leadership team Songtrust says that it's hired more than 50 people in 2018
News Centtrip Music bolsters management team, promotes Simon Liddell and Freddy Greenish "The music and entertainment team’s growth is a reflection of our rapidly expanding client base.”
News André de Raaff’s CTM Publishing buys Derek Bramble publishing catalog CTM has signed a number of new deals in the UK via its partnership with publisher Steve Lewis
News The global recorded music business is on course to top $20bn in annual revenues in 2019 – but it can’t over-rely on the USA Mark Mulligan says that global sales hit $18.9bn this year
Analysis Blog If record labels want to sign more interesting pop stars, they should look for artists with a Plan B It’s a harsh competitive landscape for emerging acts, says Peter Robinson. Maybe the music industry should start signing more interesting people...
News BASCA makes key senior hires ahead of 2019 ‘rebrand’ BASCA AGM reveals overhauled strategy for 2019, as well as a number of senior hires
News Live Nation promotes Kelly Flanigan to President of Washington, DC, US Concerts Flanigan will oversee booking, marketing, and business operations across the region
Analysis Blog Is online ticket touting almost over? FanFair Alliance Campaign Manager Adam Webb rounds up the changes to secondary ticketing in 2018
News TIDAL launches personalized playlists The new My Mix feature combines listening data and input from human-curated playlists
News Universal Music Publishing Group signs HRVY to global deal His single Personal has racked up over 180m YouTube views
News Callum Caulfield promoted to Marketing Director at Atlantic Records UK Caulfield was previously Senior Marketing Manager and Head of Marketing at the label
News Jen Danielson joins Pandora as Head of Country Programming Exec joins after nearly a decade at CMT
News Concord Music buys theatre publisher and licensor Samuel French; launches Concord Theatricals Samuel French has was established 188 years ago