News AWAL inks global recordings deal with singer/songwriter Ella Vos & Hwyl Records Vos's single You Don't Know About Me has been streamed over 17m times
News Eleven Seven Label Group and McGhee Entertainment partner with Beatchain to boost artist fanbases using AI Beatchain will use its technology to help both companies grow their artist fan bases and engagement
News Paul Clements to succeed Jane Dyball as CEO of the UK’s Music Publishers Association Group of companies Clements is currently Executive Director at PRS for Music
News Latest version of Article 13 will fail to fix YouTube ‘Value Gap’, warns Vivendi and the record industry Vivendi, IFPI and IMPALA all sign exasperated open letter regarding European Copyright Directive
News Alison Wenham steps down as Chief Executive of WIN Wenham exits the organization after 12 years at the helm
News London-based recording studios used by Stormzy, Jess Glynne up for sale Kate Young's Soho Music Group readies sale of The Gin Factory
News Partisan Records appoints Sara Dempsey as Director of Sales Dempsey joins Partisan from ABKCO, where she was Associate Vice President of Sales & Marketing
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