News Vevo promotes Kevin McGurn to President of Sales and Distribution He was previously Chief Sales Officer since 2017
News SiriusXM had 34m paid subscribers at the end of 2018 The company added around 1.3 million net subscribers during the year
Analysis Blog News Why Apple’s profit warning could put music and video center stage at the company Apple's Services division is becoming increasingly important for the US corporation, says MIDiA's Mark Mulligan
News Andy Williams joins Audio Network as Global Commercial Director He was formerly Managing Director of Digital Content Services at ITN Productions
News Official: Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall to take charge of Warner/Chappell Music British executive Moot takes CEO job at world's third-biggest music publisher
News Au/Ra signs worldwide publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Her collaboration with DJ duo CamelPhat, Panic Room, has been streamed over 40m times
Analysis Daniel Ek wasn’t lying: streaming is becoming less dominated by mega-hits The number of plays attracted by the Top 50 audio streaming hits last year went DOWN
News Rob Stringer: Sony Music is ‘rolling out titles across our vast catalog’ for 360 Reality Audio experience The 360 Reality Audio content is planned to be provided via Deezer, nugs.net, Qobuz and TIDAL
News CD Baby artists earned over $100 million in 2018 Company says that its gross revenues were in the range of $120m last year
News Peermusic buys South Korean music publisher Music Cube – including works by K-Pop superstars BTS The acquisition includes works recorded by K-Pop groups BTS, Red Velvet and AOA
News Aishah White and Yashar Zadeh join Warner Bros. in senior Media & Strategic Development roles Both report to Laura Swanson, the label’s EVP, Media & Strategic Development
News The UK’s Channel 4 acquires full ownership of music and entertainment broadcaster The Box Plus Network The Box Plus Network broadcasts seven UK music and entertainment channels
News Universal Music buys Nashville’s House of Blues Studios for $4.3M UMG also owns Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Abbey Road in London
News Spotify opens Discover Weekly playlist to brand sponsorship Microsoft has joined as the beta launch partner
News Primary Wave signs A Star Is Born songwriter Dj White Shadow DJ White Shadow (Paul Blair) produced Lady Gaga's Born This way
News Republic Records promotes Joseph Carozza to EVP, Media & Artist Relations Carozza will continue to be responsible for the label’s media department and oversee press strategy
News Universal Music Group is worth $33bn, says Deutsche Bank Investment group suggests Liberty Media, Tencent or Google could buy into UMG
News What Netflix’s ‘choose-your-own-soundtrack’ paradigm reveals about the future of the music industry If movies become more interactive on our televisions, what will it mean for licensing?