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
News BMG acquires rights to TV music series Live From Daryl’s House Deal adds to BMG audio-visual roster
News Hi-def streaming service Qobuz hired Dan Mackta as MD in the USA David Soloman and Ted Cohen also join firm's US-based company
News ASCAP inks deal to represent producer/composer Junkie XL, who makes switch from BMI Tom Holkenborg has scored movies such as Deadpool, Max Max: Fury Road and more
News BMG shakes up leadership structure in response to company’s ‘surging growth’ Ben Katovsky named COO as Ama Walton becomes Chief HR Officer
Analysis News Spotify is worth more than $33bn, as stock price hits another all-time high Market value of Pandora has also soared over the past three months