News Vevo’s Artists To Watch 2019: Elley Duhé, Robinson, Hex and Lauren Sanderson Check out Elley Duhé, Robinson, Hex and Lauren Sanderson
News Michael Chester appointed EVP, Promotion for Warner Bros. Records Chester was previously SVP, Marketing and Promotion at Scooter Braun’s SB Projects
News Bucks inks sub publishing deal with Mushroom Companies will represent each other in their home territories of the UK and Australia
News Kartel Music Group hires Damian Thomas as global digital lead UK-based company adds to recent flurry of hires
Analysis News Apple Music reportedly tops 56m subscribers, up 6m in the past six months Number of Apple Music subscribers has grown to 56m, up from 50m in May, reports FT
News Jean-Michel Jarre partners with VR firm TheWaveVR for new album The deal will give TheWaveVR’s global community access to his new album Equinoxe Infinity via VR shows
News Apple’s ‘app tax’, hated by Spotify, is under fire in US Supreme Court case Consumer lawsuit launched over Apple's App Store pricing model
News Australia’s Labor party pledges AUS$30m investment in music business over the next three years Musicians, promoters, managers, and music fans have been 'consulted for months' ahead of the announcement
News ADA Worldwide partners with Wilco-founded dBpm Records ADA Worldwide will support the label across sales, distribution and retail marketing
News TIDAL integrates with entertainment platform Plex Plex x TIDAL plans start at $9.99 per month or $8.99 for Plex Pass subscribers
News Apple Music is coming to Amazon Echo devices Apple Music to integrate with Amazon Echo devices starting from the week of December 17
News Warner hires Facebook label partnerships exec Jess Keeley-Carter in SVP marketing role Keeley-Carter previously oversaw Label Partnerships for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Facebook
News Vevo’s Artists To Watch 2019: Amber Mark, Nebu Kiniza and Angele Check out Amber Mark, Nebu Kiniza and Angele
News UTA hires Spotify’s Vanja Primorac to focus on Music Innovations Primorac was an Artist Marketing Representative at Spotify
News Archie Davis joins RCA Records as SVP, Marketing and launches JV label Six Course Music Group Davis was previously SVP of Urban Marketing at Interscope Records
News Downtown appoints Republic Records exec Delmar Powell as VP of A&R Prior to Downtown, Powell served as Director, A&R Urban at Republic Records
News Lorde collaborator Joel Little renews global deal with Sony/ATV Joel Little co-wrote and produced Lorde's debut album Pure Heroine
Interviews ‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them, rather than going to the light.’ Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner's global recorded music operation