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
News Colin Barlow returns to music industry with Merrystar company and other new ventures Respected exec talks label, publishing, management and more
News Martin Bandier says he’s leaving Sony/ATV in ‘the greatest shape possible’ in final year-end memo to staff Bandier sent a wide-ranging final note to staff ahead of his departure in March 2019
News Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour generated $432m in 2018 – a new world record Sheeran and Taylor Swift secure the year's two biggest tours
News Live Nation ups Brittany Flores to President Of Miami, US Concerts Neil Jacobsen also named President of Tampa/Orlando, US Concerts and Chief Operating Officer of Florida
News Hipgnosis Songs acquires 100% of Tricky Stewart music catalog Tricky co-wrote Rihanna’s Umbrella and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
News UK artists are, on average, seeing four Spotify streams abroad for every one at home Will Page presentation reveals how well British acts are performing overseas
News LyricFind inks licensing deal for 38 African countries Deal with CAPASSO covers African repertoire via affiliated societies
News Spotify share price falls to all-time low of $125.55 as market cap hits $22.7bn Firm's market cap has fallen by more than $12bn since late July
News Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams ordered to pay $5m as Blurred Lines copyright case closes Marvin Gaye's family have been awarded almost $5m for the infringement of Marvin Gaye’s 1977 song, Got to Give It Up
News SoundCloud launches first DJ software integration with Serato SoundCloud users will be able to stream and mix tracks from the service's catalog with Serato