News Columbia names Shawn Holiday and Phylicia Fant Co-Heads of Urban Music Holiday was previously SVP, Urban A&R for Columbia, while Fant was SVP of Publicity and Special Projects at Warner Bros. Records
News Justin Tranter and A&R exec Katie Vinten launch Facet Records in partnership with Warner Bros. Vinten will also serve as A&R consultant to Warner Bros. and Warner/Chappell Music
News Sony/ATV signs global deal with Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ella Mai Ella Mai's single Boo’d Up has received two Grammy nominations
News Tencent Music starts trading on New York Stock Exchange, raises $1.1bn Tencent Music started trading on the NYSE with an initial share price of $13
Analysis Blog 20 things I’ve learned during 20 years of running a music company Absolute's Henry Semmence looks back over two decades
News Superstar Helene Fischer scores top-selling album in Germany for 5th time in 6 years The top 3 best-selling albums in Germany in 2018 were released by Universal-signed artists
News Why has Sony Music just launched a streaming service (and Spotify rival) in Japan? Streaming has overtaken downloads in revenue terms for first time this year in the market
News Pandora hires Akim Bryant as Top 40 Coordinator, Curation Programming Bryant joins Pandora after a two-year stint programming BET Soul
News Spotify exec Amber Grimes joins Capitol Music Group as Senior Vice President of Global Creative Grimes will be involved in executing the company’s global streaming strategy
News Anti-Brexit letter signed by Paloma Faith, Annie Lennox and music execs The letter has been drafted by the organisation Music4EU
News CODA expands into sports; hires Debbie Ward for senior brands & sync role CODA has partnered with Paul and Barney Crockford of Crockford Management and Independent Talent Group
News Mark Ronson extends global publishing deal with Concord Music Ronson's forthcoming studio album is due in 2019
News AWAL expands into Canada with new Toronto office The company has also announced open roles in marketing, client relations, A&R and more to be based in the new office
News New edition of Music Business UK out now – subscribe today! Modest!, Stuart Camp, Hartwig Masuch, Simon Cowell, Liz Goodwin, Dipesh Parmar, Ros Earls
Analysis News Spotify still pays artists out of one big ‘pot’. Should the company change its policy? Is the 'pro rata' system of payment fit for the modern era?
News Songwriter busbee launches JV music company Altadena with Warner Bros. Records Altadena has also signed deals with Warner/Chappell Music and Red Light Management
News Sony/ATV extends worldwide deal with Swedish songwriter Noonie Bao The new agreement includes hits recorded by Zedd & Alessia Cara, Camila Cabello’s and Rita Ora
News Sony Music launches its own streaming service in Japan The new service is called Mora Qualitas and will be powered by Rhapsody's Napster platform