News Zeon Richards named Head of A&R at Ministry Of Sound Exec moves over from Polydor after three years with Universal label
News Behind The Lyrics platform Genius raises $15m in new funding round 'Our mission at Genius is to be the No.1 brand in music'
News Universal: We WILL share Spotify money with artists when we sell our stock in streaming platform “Consistent with UMG’s approach to artist compensation, artists would share in the proceeds of a [Spotify] equity sale.”
News Universal buys majority stake in Kenyan label AI Records Major will digitize the catalogue of Nairobi-based company which was born in the 1950s
News The Magic Numbers partner with Absolute for new album Outsiders will be released via the band’s own Role Play Records on May 11, 2018
News Spotify’s RapCaviar chief, Tuma Basa, exits company a day after it filed to go public Ex-MTV exec has grown RapCaviar to nearly 9m global subscribers
News Daniel Ek doesn’t have a salary – but he’s got a dream… that Spotify can ‘improve the world’ Daniel Ek's wage is officially $0 per annum - but he's doing alright
News Spotify lost $1.4bn last year – and it’s just filed to go public New Prospectus filed with SEC reveals new data about finances
News Nude Music Publishing signs Wovoka Gentle under Bucks sponsorship deal Bucks provides investment, creative services, admin and more to Nude Music
News PPL and PRS launch joint venture to offer single public performance licence PPL PRS Ltd brings to an end the need for customers to purchase separate public performance licences for performers and record companies and songwriters, composers and publishers
News BMG promotes Alistair Norbury to President, Repertoire & Marketing in the UK Norbury replaces Alexi Cory-Smith who exited the company after seven years in December
News Concord Music signs Ivor Novello winning Justin Parker to global publishing deal Parker has written for Lana Del Rey, Bat for Lashes and Rihanna
News Tencent buys into Indian streaming service Gaana with $115m investment Chinese media giant adds to portfolio by backing Times Internet's platform
News Milk & Honey hires Chelsea Avery as Head of A&R/Manager Exec previously worked as SVP of A&R at Scooter Braun Projects
News Celine Joshua joins Universal Music Group as General Manager, Commercial, Content and Artist Strategy Ex-Disney exec makes major move to UMG in Santa Monica
News Atlantic Records launches podcast series, featuring artist interviews Initiative is brainchild of Atlantic Vice President Tom Mullen
News Producer/songwriter Jenna Andrews joins Barry Weiss-led RECORDS as A&R consultant Andrews has previously collaborated with Drake, Dua Lipa and more
News Universal Music Publishing Group’s annual revenues have grown by $125m over the past two years Jody Gerson's been making bank for company