News Festicket raises $10.5m in Series D funding round Festicket's investors include venture capital firm Beringea and former Spinnin’ Records CEO Eelko Van Kooten
News You Me At Six ink publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group Five of the band’s albums have reached Top 10 in the UK
News YouTube Music launches its first-ever UK Ones to Watch artist spotlight The list has been compiled based on YouTube views, engagement from music fans and YouTube Music analytics
News Spotify share price falls to another all-time low, as market cap drops under $24bn That's down 33% on the company's peak stock price in July
News MTV acquires SnowGlobe Music Festival The move is MTV’s latest step to expand and diversify beyond cable TV
News Helen Murphy to succeed Robert Ott as Chief Executive Officer of Ole Ott will continue to serve as an advisor to Ms. Murphy and the ole Board of Directors
News Keith Richards signs worldwide deal with BMG for solo recordings catalog The agreement brings together Richards’ 1978 debut solo single and four solo albums from 1988-2010
News Music Business Worldwide and Rolling Stone ink global content partnership 'This is an important step forward for MBW, and we are honored to play a role in the modern evolution of Rolling Stone.'
News 90% of Nordic population stream music, but free services dominate Only 43% of the region's population are premium subscribers
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