News Newly independent IMPEL to select Board at first AGM Publishers’ digital licensing organisation became independent from MPA in April 2018
News Universal, Sony and Warner reach ‘tentative’ three-year deal with SAG-AFTRA The new agreement is retroactive effective January, 1, 2018 and expires December 31, 2020
News Anyone can now get playlisted on Spotify (sort of…) Spotify's playlist submission feature is out of beta after music is submitted by 67,000 artists since July
News SoundCloud partners with Instagram, integrates with Stories feature The new feature enables Instagram users to share tracks from SoundCloud to their Instagram 'Story'
News Sony declines to submit concessions to EC over proposed $2.3bn EMI Music Publishing buyout Proposed deal values EMI Music Publishing at $4.75 billion
News Songwriters Julian Bunetta & John Ryan ink deal with Big Deal Music Group for Big Family Music Publishing Damon Bunetta and Big Deal partner Casey Robison will be co-CEOs of the new enterprise.
News Natascha Augustin named Senior Creative Director at Warner/Chappell Germany Augustin’s promotion completes a recent restructure of Warner/Chappell’s German A&R team
News ‘A total visionary’: Simon Cowell to receive A&R Icon award at MBW event in London next month Rob Stringer, Camila Cabello, Sir Lucian Grainge, Max Lousada and many more pay tribute to Syco chief
News Greece’s music rights sector in turmoil as head of copyright office steps down Irini Stamatoudi has cited a general lack of transparency at the copyright office for her resignation
News YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki tells artists: Article 13 poses ‘a threat to your livelihood’ Wojcicki's warning about the EU copyright directive was shared in a wide-ranging letter with YouTube creators
News SOCAN launches new services arm called Dataclef, inks deal with IPRS Dataclef is "the most authoritative global music services platform ever built" according to Socan
News Columbia Records appoints Manos Xanthogeorgis Senior Vice President of Digital Marketing and Media Xanthogeorgis was previously Vice President, Head of International Digital for Sony Music Entertainment.
News Merlin distributions to label members in Japan increase 200% year-on-year The independent label agency opened its Tokyo office in October 2016
Interviews ‘We are custodians of a great legacy, which we hugely respect, but we can’t let it weigh us down.’ Louis Bloom has been a loyal servant of Island Records UK for 16 years. Now, he’s running the place. What’s his plan?
News Giles Martin named Head of Audio & Sound at Universal Music Group ' Giles instinctively sees the potential of what lies ahead and innately understands how to leverage technology to harness new forms of artistic expression.'
News Primary Wave buys Sly & Robbie music publishing catalog Assets acquired include Sly and Robbie’s interests in Damien Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock
News Deezer launches in Middle East & North Africa with exclusive Rotana catalog The launch follows Deezer's exclusive digital distribution deal with Rotana Group earlier this year
News Eventbrite signs video distribution partnership with YouTube The integration will allow users to purchase tickets via Official Artist Channels across YouTube