News BMG Production Music expands into Southeast Asia, announces key executive hires Eighth office adds to growing global presence
News Spain’s recorded music market grew by less than 1% in first half of 2018 Marginal rise recorded despite 53% growth in revenues from subscription streaming
News RCA Records promotes Val Pensa to Senior Vice President, Pop/Rock Marketing New title arrives after success with Sia, Britney Spears, Tinashe, Cam, Grace, Kygo and Snakehips
News Machine Management acquired by James Grant Group Home of Clean Bandit, Mika and more joins Los Angeles-based Deckstar at JGG
News Ryan Farley named Managing Director of Cooking Vinyl Publishing Ex-Warner/Chappell exec joins Martin Goldschmidt and team in London
News Sentric launches white label catalogue management tool RightsApp platform 'makes Sentric tech available to everyone'
News Warner/Chappell hires Rich Robinson as EVP, Sync and Creative Services Exec moves across from SVP role at Warner Music
News YouTube slams article 13 as it weighs in on European Copyright Directive 'This outcome could have severe, negative consequences for the fans, the communities and the revenue you have all worked so hard to create'
Analysis Blog Vine and Musical.ly transformed the music industry – then they disappeared. Will history repeat itself? What does the death of innovative (and beneficial) digital music platforms mean for the future of the business?
News Carolyn Williams promoted at RCA Records to EVP, Marketing New title arrives after successful campaigns for Grammy Award-winning artists including Chris Brown, D’Angelo and Alicia Keys
News Songtradr hires Clare Nicholls as Chief Financial Officer Fast-growing music licensing platform announces senior hire
News Elektra Music Group appoints senior A&Rs Will McDonald and Shawn Cohen First staff hires announced for newly launched label
News UK indie festival trade body reveals more Congress speakers AIF conference to take place in Sheffield for the first time
News Stacey Tang named Managing Director of RCA UK Neil Hughes steps down as David Dollimore reshuffles historic label
Analysis Blog Spotify profit payouts: What’s the fairest way to recompense artists? Annabella Coldrick of the Music Managers Forum dissects the main players to examine how they're distributing cash windfall
News Jenifer Mallory appointed EVP/GM of Columbia Records in New York Exec succeeds Joel Klaiman, who left Columbia last month