News Universal expands in French-speaking Africa via new strategic division Moussa Soumbounou appointed as MD, Western Africa
News Sony/ATV promotes Danielle Middleton and Sam Reas to Manager, A&R positions "These promotions will give them both the opportunity to continue to grow at Sony/ATV.”
News High Time Records signs 5-year global deal with Warner’s ADA Carl Hitchborn's team eyes Australia and Los Angeles expansion
Analysis News Music streams in the US grew by over 118bn in the first half of 2018 – the biggest jump in history Total audio streams grew year-on-year by more than 80bn in six months to end of June
News Downtown acquires Booker T. Jones catalog, signs deal for future works Publishing deal covers the renowned musician's catalog and future works
News Big Deal Music Group signs global admin agreement with Sounds of Memphis/XL Records Deal includes music by artists such as The Minits, The Ovations, Barbara & The Browns and Lou Williams
Interviews ‘You don’t get gender equality by waving a magic wand.’ eOne's Meg Symsyk on her career, working with female executives and picking the right bosses...
News Rogers & Cowan hires Chris Monaco as Managing Director, International Exec was previously Chief Revenue Officer at LiveStyle
News Music Business Worldwide launches World’s Greatest Agents series in partnership with Centtrip Music Tom Windish is our first interview, coming up on Thursday this week
News Publisher One77 Music launches with $27m in assets plus capital investment Ex-Atlas and UMPG exec Jennifer Blakeman heads up new venture
Interviews Can Kobalt’s AWAL rewrite the rules of A&R? Willard Ahdritz’s latest venture is trying to reduce the risk of music industry artist development. He might just be on to something...
News Sony Music relaunches Arista as frontline label, headed up by David Massey Massey also launches publishing and management JVs with Sony
News Rolling Stones renew deal with Universal Music Group in ‘expansive worldwide agreement’ Deal covers all Rolling Stones albums after Sticky Fingers, up to 2016's Grammy-winning Blue & Lonesome
News It’s official: Tencent Music Entertainment is about to float on the stock exchange in the US TME is set to float on "a recognized stock exchange in the United States", confirms Tencent
News Max Lousada pays tribute to Robert Plant at Silver Clef Awards in London "Thank you, Robert, for never doing what’s easy – and for always taking the road less travelled."
Analysis The music business just got spanked by Google. Surely it’s now time to speak with one voice. Why did the music industry just lose a crucial vote? And why isn't anybody asking the question?
News Kobalt appoints Rian Liebenberg as Chief Technology Officer Richard Thompson steps down from role having been with Kobalt since day one