News Was this the biggest mistake in the history of the music business? Rockstar Games is making billions in video games. It's not making them for the music industry.
News Trent Tappe and Maryrose Maness promoted to Deputy General Counsel at Warner Music Group Duo report to WMG EVP & General Counsel, Paul Robinson
News Billie Eilish inks co-publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Her 2017 debut EP Don't Smile At Me has been streamed over 2.5bn times
Blog Releasing music is easy. Building a music career is harder than ever Absolute Label Services Director Simon Wills on Spotify's challenge to traditional gatekeepers and why career artists may feel not much has changed
Interviews News Jonathan Dickins on Adele, working with labels and what makes a great manager September Management founder and CEO Jonathan Dickins was interviewed on stage today in London
News Warner/Chappell Music Mexico hires Carlos Ruiz Díaz as Managing Director Diaz reports to Gustavo Menendez, President, Warner/Chappell Music, Latin America
News TIDAL Launches on Samsung Wearables The app for Samsung devices is TIDAL's first integration with wearable technology
News Spotify launches Publishing Analytics platform in Beta The new feature will give music publishers daily streaming statistics for their works
News MelodyVR appoints Iain Funnell as SVP Creative, Content and Editorial Funnell will work in partnership with both artists and record labels to produce VR content
News Global music collections rise 6% to €8.34bn, digital royalties top €1bn The figures were published in CISAC's 2018 Global Collections Report
Interviews ‘Lots of people told me that managing songwriters and producers wasn’t a real business.’ Milk & Honey founder Lucas Keller on his business – and the music industry
News YouTube: We’ve paid the music business $1.8bn in ad money over the past 12 months That's nearly double what YouTube paid out in 2016
News Amazon Music, Alexa and Echo smart speakers are now available in Mexico Eligible customers in Mexico can sign up for a free, three-month trial of Amazon Music Unlimited
News Spotify allows Free Tier streaming on Connect-enabled speakers An update to Spotify’s Developers Kit lets hardware partners offer Spotify's Free Tier
News The A&R Awards 2018: All the winners Simon Cowell, Steve Mac, Jamie Oborne, Garry Blackburn, Atlantic Records and more pick up awards
News Theda Sandiford upped to SVP, International Commerce & Digital Marketing at Republic, Island, Def Jam Sandiford previously served as Vice President of Commercial Partnerships, Streaming at Universal Music Group
News Independent festivals contributed over £1bn to UK economy in last 3 years – report Association of Independent Festivals publishes special 10-year report at Festival Congress
News Apple has a new head of Music and services in Australia – Rebekah Horne Exec negotiated MySpace's first deals with the music industry in the UK and Australia