News Emmy Lovell promoted to EVP of WEA Europe as Matt Crosswaite departs Second promotion in two years for rising star at WMG
News SoundCloud partners with programmatic ad-tech company AppNexus 'We’re eager to leverage the strength of AppNexus’ global multi-format open marketplace'
News Sean Stevenson named EVP and General Manager for Music at Entertainment One Stevenson will oversee marketing, sales, digital and general management of the Music business
News Apple Music to shake up charts – with another new global division New department under Oliver Schusser will 'enable effective, data-driven conversations with labels and artists'
News Live Nation will launch Lollapalooza in Stockholm next summer Event will be produced by Perry Farrell, WME, C3 Presents and Live Nation Sweden with subsidiary company Luger
News Live Nation acquires Texas promoter and festival producer ScoreMore Shows Austin-based company launched J. Cole's Dreamville Music Festival amongst hundreds of shows
News Apple launches global music publishing division, headed by Elena Segal Oliver Schusser makes major global move a month after taking charge of platform in California
News Louis Bloom promoted to President of Island Records UK, Natasha Mann and Olivia Nunn named co-MDs Alex Boateng upped to President of Urban, Steve Pitron granted wider role
Analysis Why Sony’s EMI buyout won’t make it the world’s biggest music company – but will make it the biggest publisher How Sony and Universal would have stacked up in the 12 months to end of March this year
News Spotify and Apple Music are both searching for New York’s smartest hip-hop head Both streaming companies are hiring for senior hip-hop roles in the Big Apple
News Pandora completes $145m acquisition of AdsWizz, paying $66m in cash 9.9 million shares of Pandora common stock paid as part of the deal
News Sony/ATV extends deal with British producer Two Inch Punch “We are thrilled to continue this relationship with such a hugely talented producer and songwriter.”
Analysis News Pandora now has a $14.99-per-month family plan to rival Spotify and Apple Music’s Firm bids to grow subscription base with rival discount bundle
News SOCAN elects new board of directors to serve from 2018 to 2021 Majors and independents both represented on new-look board
News Emma Banks to receive Music Industry Trusts Award in November CAA exec follows Rob Stringer to win award in London
News Merlin hires Marta de la Hoz, Chaida Kapfunde and Quentin Martins as it celebrates 10th anniversary Merlin says its members are worth more than a 12% share of the global digital recorded music market
News Kobalt signs global publishing deal with Latin star Prince Royce Artist has over 55m followers on social media platforms
News Atlantic Records and Big Yellow Dog ink partnership for future releases “The more we spoke about it, the more it seemed like a no-brainer to partner up."