News Warner Bros expands Urban team by hiring Carlos Ogando Elsewhere, Allyson Cherny-Weston has joined from Sony as Vice President of Brand Partnerships
News Sony partners with newly launched French label Rupture Records Rupture also owns a vinyl record store and advertising agency
Analysis News Is the writing on the wall for Pandora? With another $132m lost in just three months, can Pandora find a buyer before it runs out of gas?
Interviews How Island signed Sigrid – the act everybody else wanted Darcus Beese and Annie Christensen discuss why they're so excited for Norway's new export...
News Rebranded SFX hires ex-Universal exec Chris Monaco as CRO Monaco spent four years at Universal in strategic marketing and brand development
News Lyor Cohen has changed his tune on YouTube since 2009 In 2009, Cohen said YouTube didn't pay enough compensation. What's changed?
News Downtown Music Publishing bolsters team with ten new hires The news comes soon after a shopping spree for the company
News Grammy Awards return to New York MSG last hosted the annual ceremony in 2003 and has done so three times in total
News Tencent leads $54m funding round for karaoke app company Smule Smule allows users to record and layer on duets with top artists like Ed Sheeran through its flagship app Sing! Karaoke
News German promoter FKP Scorpio hires Freddie de Wall as COO Wall joins from Heinrich & de Wall Artist and Music Management
News KKR invests $150m in Pandora – as streaming company posts $132m Q1 loss Richard Sarnoff takes a position on Pandora's board
News Streaming is now generating $100m a month at Warner, up 45% year-on-year Digital download now only brings in a third of streaming's revenue
News Big Machine hires Nicole Csabai as VP, Revenue & Sales Exec will report to Mike Rittberg in new role
News Rebecca Allen promoted to President, Decca Records Group UK Long-term Universal exec steps up to run division under David Joseph and Dickon Stainer
Analysis Why Warner did a deal with YouTube (and why it should think twice next time) On the conundrum faced by major labels as they throw sticks at Google
News Kobalt raises $75m in funding round led by Hearst Entertainment Hearst has previously invested in BuzzFeed, Complex and other digital properties
News Warner and YouTube sign new deal… ‘under very difficult circumstances’ Warner CEO Steve Cooper suggests the major had little choice thanks to safe harbor laws