News Tencent Music takes first steps towards IPO – report Investment banks reportedly invited to pitch for a role
News Spotify backs Lanco, Jorja Smith, Karol G and Rex Orange County with second wave of RISE initiative Streaming platform to highlight one of four emerging artists every two weeks
News The Orchard signs licensing deal with B2B streaming platform Nightlife in Australia Independent music distributed by The Orchard can now earn public performance revenue in Australia
Analysis Blog ‘A golden age for music is dawning – with the old gatekeepers all but gone’ WIN chief Alison Wenham analyzes the music industry figures from the past two weeks
Analysis Blog In A&R, ‘gut vs. data’ isn’t a binary choice. Instrumental founder Conrad Withey on the potent combination of man and machine (learning) in music
News Can Sony break another major new British artist out of Europe? After going platinum in France in Italy, will Tom Walker follow in the footsteps of George Ezra and Rag N Bone Man?
Analysis In Rob Stringer’s first year in charge, Sony Music revenues jumped 12% to top $4bn Overall revenues surpassed $1bn in Q1 this year, with streaming up 40%
News Downtown appoints Andrew Gould as SVP and Head of A&R, North America In addition, Corey Roberts has been named Vice President of A&R Research
News MCPR celebrates ten years in business with raft of promotions Founder Murray Chalmers will now assume a Chairman role
News Dave Rocco joins Universal Music Group as EVP, Creative Rocco was recently named Global Head of Artist and Label Marketing at Spotify
News Nic Warner promoted to General Manager of Milk + Honey Management Warner has worked at Milk + Honey since the company’s inception in 2014
News Music Modernization Act passed by the US House of Representatives 'We are grateful that lawmakers in the House worked to update our nation’s copyright laws for the digital age'
Analysis News Independents ruled global market share in 2017 – but Universal was king of streaming What each major label - and the independent sector - claimed in market share last year
News Universal Music Group inks multi-year partnership with Ghazi Shami’s Empire San Francisco-based distribution firm has worked with Anderson .Paak, XXXTENTACION, Cardi B and Kendrick Lamar
News Kanye West has ‘a CEO, a CFO and two full-time lawyers’ "Yeezy will hit a billion dollars this year"
News German industry kills off Echo Awards following anti-Semitism controversy Kollegah and Farid Bang controversy has led to scrapping of 26-year-old ceremony
News Decca Records to release the Royal Wedding Ceremony Ceremony will be made available to stream globally for the first time