News Babyface launches Good Vibes Music, with Spotify-hosted writer camps Discovery Song Camp is hosted by Spotify’s Secret Genius initiative
News Spotify launches in South Africa, Israel, Romania and Vietnam, expanding its reach to 65 markets [UPDATED] Spotify is now available in 63 countries worldwide
News Oak View Group gets investment for growth from Silver Lake Investment said to total $100m and will be used for arena development projects and other strategic initiatives
News FUGA expands in the US, UK and Italy Digital firm announces five new hires and opens offices in London and Milan
News Albert Slendebroek appointed Managing Director of BMG Talpa Music Ex-CEO of FUGA joins forces with Tony Berk
News Warner Music sells live promoter Vivo Concerti to MD Clemente Zard Sale follows similar moves from Warner in Germany and France
News Glassnote-affiliated Present Artist Management partners with Peter Matthew Bauer Walkmen member brings across talent including Starcrawler
News EMI Music Publishing for sale at $4bn+, Sony has already held talks – report That would represent a $1.8bn profit on consortium's initial investment
News Facebook signs ‘holistic’ licensing deal with Warner Music Group Universal inked similar deal with Facebook in December
News Warner/Chappell signs global publishing deal with Irv Gotti "Irv is an amazing music person and entrepreneur, and the force behind a string of game-changing records."
News In wake of Bulgarian scam, Spotify unleashes its own anti-fraud squad 'We are looking for a passionate leader... focused on minimizing the losses to the business and our customers brought about by fraudulent activity.'
News BASCA Chairman Crispin Hunt warns EU over ‘yawning chasm’ of Value Gap "Solving this value gap will go some way to address that imbalance for future generations."
Interviews ‘Success in the music business isn’t about money or titles – it’s about relationships.’ ABKCO Chief Operating Officer Alisa Coleman discusses her definition of success and lessons learned across a 30-year career in music
News Fueled By Ramen and Roadrunner Promote Three Marketing Execs Chris Brown, Suzi Akyuz and Katie Baloian upped at Warner Music label
News Another top exec out at Sony Germany as Willy Ehmann exits Ehmann joined Sony Music in 2002 and has signed acts including Jean-Michel Jarre, James Arthur and Alanis Morissette
News Universal Music UK promotes Rob Fleming and Nickie Owen to co-Presidents of International Marketing Duo will report to Universal Music UK CEO and Chairman David Joseph
News Kobalt invests $150m in independent artists to challenge ‘stupidity’ of traditional major label deals AWAL recruiting 100 people to take on Universal, Sony and Warner with "extremely aggressive" A&R gameplan
News Peermusic hires Goetz von Einem as MD GSA & SVP Digital and European Legal Affairs Von Einem joins independent publisher from BMG where he built and headed the worldwide business and legal affairs department