News Columbia Records ups Jay Schumer to Senior Vice President of Marketing Schumer will be based in New York and reports to Columbia Records General Manager Jenifer Mallory
News Two of Canada’s leading indie distributors, Select and Outside Music, are merging Select and Outside will maintain independent offices in Montreal and Toronto, respectively
News United Talent Agency signs global deal with Pitbull Pitbull has landed multiple No.1 hits in over 15 countries
News SoundCloud amends ‘outdated’ Premier contract following criticism SoundCloud has removed the 'covenant not to sue' language from the contract
Analysis Spotify ‘doing a Netflix’: is Daniel Ek’s platform already too big for the labels to stop it? Mark Mulligan on why the major rights-holders may be facing a 'prisoner's dilemma'
News YouTube’s new king? India’s T-Series could soon overtake PewDiePie to become the world’s biggest channel T-Series currently has 67.6m subscribers; PewDiePie has just over 68m
News Johnny Hallyday album shatters records, selling more week-one units in France than Drake’s Scorpion did in the USA MBW expects that the album generated more than $14m in a single week
News Sony $2.3bn takeover of EMI Music Publishing gets green light in Europe Deal takes Sony's ownership of publishing copyrights above 4m
News Astralwerks jumps into the world of video games with Twitch star Ninja – and his tens of millions of followers 'Partnering with Ninja and taking our first step into the gaming world simultaneously as a label is an extremely exciting proposition.'
News Downtown signs Theophilus London to his first music publishing deal Deal with Kanye West collaborator includes catalog
News Universal signs K-pop girl band to Interscope – can they repeat BTS success? The South Korean quartet is currently the highest-charting female K-pop act in Billboard Hot 100 history
News Forget Drake. The music sales story of the year could soon be Johnny Hallyday. Mon Pays C'est L'amour shifted more than 630,000 copies in three days
Analysis A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business? After Apple's acqui-hire of Asaii, what's next for AI-driven artist discovery?
News BMG extends digital licensing deal with GEMA to 48 more territories The deal has extended to territories such as Russia, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa
News Alex Hill upped to AEG Europe’s CEO & President as Tom Miserendino steps down Alex Hill, AEG Europe’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer will succeed Miserendino on January 1, 2019
News Facebook expands music offering for users and artists Facebook is expanding its music offering via Facebook Stories, Lip Sync Live and profiles
News Pandora hires Brad Minor as VP, Head of Brand Marketing and Communications Minor will split his time between Pandora’s headquarters in Oakland and its New York City offices.
Analysis News Spotify has lost $9bn in market cap value in less than three months A rough time for tech stocks has badly damaged streamer's valuation