News Sony Music revenues topped $1.9bn in the first half of 2018, up 11% year-on-year Streaming revenues hit $944m in the six month period, up 39.1% on 2017
News Sony Corp snaps up remaining 10% stake in EMI Music Publishing from Jackson Estate Japanese corporation is now the 100% owner of EMP... subject to regulatory approval
News Official: Troy Carter is leaving Spotify in September Exec departs after two years with Daniel Ek's company
News Universal now generating over $50m every week from streaming – overall label revenues jumped 7.4% in H1 2018 Publishing revenues grew 11.1% in the period
News Pharrell Williams to host Jon Platt’s Spirit Of Life Award event in October Williams to join Platt and other stars on October 11 in Los Angeles
News Vivendi set to sell up to 50% of Universal Music Group within 18 months – but rules out IPO "A sale of up to 50% of UMG’s share capital to one or more strategic partners, in order to extract the highest value"
News SoundExchange paid out $399m to artists and labels in the first half of 2018, up 17.4% year-on-year Organization distributed over $208m to artists and labels in first half of 2018
News Concord acquires independent Latin music company Fania 'To have the opportunity to add a crown jewel of Latin music like Fania, with its incredible roster of artists and songwriters, excites all of us at Concord.'
News Spotify appoints Austin Daboh as Head of Shows & Editorial in the UK Exec steps up to succeed his former boss, George Ergatoudis
Analysis News Live Nation’s half-year revenues have grown by more than 100% since 2010 Company on course for another $10bn-plus sales year in 2018
News Watch out Billboard: Variety and Rolling Stone owner buys into Nielsen rival BuzzAngle for ‘aggressive’ music charts push Penske Media Corporation (PMC) makes strategic investment in Jim Lidestri's company
News Music streaming has more than tripled in volume in France since 2015 Over 27bn on-demand streams took place in territory in H1
News YouTube ups Victoria Campoamor to Global Head of Publishing Strategy and Operations Exec will relocate from London to New York for worldwide role
News Universal Music Publishing Group ups David Kokakis to Chief Counsel Exec has handled deals with Facebook, YouTube and key songwriters
News Deadmau5 extends deal with Kobalt’s AWAL for upcoming new music Agreement covers latest project mau5ville
Analysis Blog Music piracy: It’s time to acknowledge the unlicensed elephant in the room MUSO's Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy
Analysis ‘The music industry of 2018 is witnessing the end of failure.’ Today’s business has no need for the bargain bin anymore. But, asks Peter Robinson, is that really such a good thing?
Analysis News Spotify: 7 things you need to know about the company’s financial health and its Q2 results Free users, premium users, churn, Tencent, Daniel Ek, direct licensing - it's all here...