Interviews ‘Artist development is about having belief in talent – and working sync in as part of that’ Abi Leland, boss of Leland Music, is one of those most revered figures in the field of British music supervision. But to get her start in the field, she had to seriously blag it...
News BMG signs wide-ranging rights deal with Cat Stevens More than 50 years of Steven's songs and many of his recordings are included in the new deal
News Want to get your track on a Spotify playlist? Join the queue… New tool aims to democratize decision-making process by Spotify Editors
News David Massey unveils publishing and management JV companies with Sony Music Work of Art Music Publishing to be led by Clio Massey in New York
News Beggars Group annual revenues grew 2.6% last year to £72.43m Total operating profit topped £8m at Martin Mills' label group
Interviews Merck Mercuriadis wants to raise a billion dollars. And then he wants to change the face of the music business. The veteran manager tells MBW why hes raising such vast sums of money to buy copyrights
News Seymour Stein exits Warner Music Group after four decades Rani Hancock, who was named President of Sire Records in 2017, will be left in charge
News Streaming revenue overtook CDs in Germany for the first time in H1 2018 – but the market declined 2% Streaming rises 35.2% to represent a 47.8% marketshare
News The Orchard Names Chris Manning General Manager of UK and EU In his new role, Manning will manage all day-to-day operations of The Orchard’s European efforts
News Apple Music to exclusively stream Ed Sheeran documentary Songwriter documents the creation of Sheeran's chart-topping third album, Divide
News Logan Media Entertainment promotes René Renner and Vikki Josephs to joint Managing Directors Sam Mumford hired as Head of A&R
News Grammy Awards 2019 to take place in Los Angeles on February 10 Nominations announced in all 84 categories on December 5
News Matt Sawin promoted to EVP of Caroline at Capitol Music Group Exec steps up from role as SVP of Marketing & Commercial Development
News Global concert sales hit a record high in the first half of 2018… but so did average ticket prices Top 50 best-selling tours of the first half of 2018 generated a record $2.21 billion
News Downtown promotes Lisa Hauptman to Global Head of People Newly created position furthers publisher’s commitment to investing a 'world class team'
News Universal Music Group expands into Nigeria with new HQ led by Ezegozie Eze Jr. News comes less than a week after Universal announced an expansion into French-speaking Africa
News Is Instagram about to become the music industry’s new best friend? The Facebook-owned social media platform has transformed itself - and artists are noticing