News Will Liberty Media, piece by piece, become king of the global music business? One conglomerate could soon have a stake in SEVEN billion-dollar music companies
News Ariana Grande smashes Spotify 24-hour record with nearly 15m plays of 7 Rings Track attracts over 4 million more plays than prior record-holder
News Spotify is making voice-controlled hardware for the car – and could launch in India on January 31 Company working with tech firm Flex to create product, says FT
News Sony Music parts with R. Kelly – report R. Kelly's back catalog will reportedly remain with Sony-owned RCA
News Absolute Label Services launches new digital marketing packs The packs contain a variety of marketing assets to use across social media
News UK’s Competition Authority could pursue ‘rapid action’ against Viagogo if court order has been breached The secondary ticketing site was required to make changes to its business practices by midnight, January 17
News Germany streaming numbers up by over 40% in 2018, as CD sales drop 23% Streaming numbers hit a new all time record high of 79.5 billion
News Sony set to make King’s Cross the UK’s epicenter of recorded music "The new Sony office will be right in the artistic hub of King's Cross."
News Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford owns nearly 10% of Spotify – a stake worth over $2bn The company had acquired 9.7% of Spotify's common stock by December 31
News Cross-industry letter urges EU policymakers to make ‘urgent changes’ to new draft of Article 13 Organizations to have signed the letter include the IFPI and IMPALA
News YouTube Music sponsors BRIT Awards, calling show a ‘lightning rod for artist successes’ 'We’ve been the international livestream partner for the previous five years and have delivered some incredible numbers.'
News Live music industry execs team up to launch the Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing (FEAT) Members include promoters for Adele, Arcade Fire, Björk, Bruce Springsteen, and Ed Sheeran
Interviews Ditto: ‘We have the same level setup as a major – but we offer better deals.’ Founder Lee Parsons says Ditto label services revenues grew 30% last year in new MBW interview
News Amazon Prime has 101 million US subscribers 62% of US Amazon customers are Prime members, says report
News How much money did Fortnite make last year? Free-to-play title generated more than any other game in history during 2018
News Caroline Diaz joins Interscope Records as Senior Director of A&R Exec leaves behind role at Sony's Columbia Records
News The number of smart speakers in US households grew by 78% in 2018 53 million people - or 21% of the population — now own at least one smart speaker