News Uncategorized Cooking Vinyl inks exclusive deal with Alibaba’s Xiami in China "Cooking Vinyl is very excited that Alibaba / Xiami are opening the door for them to the new emerging Chinese market and is honoured to be their first Western record company partner."
Analysis News Spotify is set to end 2017 with 70m subscribers and $5bn in revenue. But how much money will it lose? MBW's projections suggest Daniel Ek's company could hit 100m subs by the end of 2018
News Facebook is hiring for a music publishing head in Europe Six years of experience in music partner relationship management is required
News Warner/Chappell grows market share in Germany by 6.6% amid rise of hip-hop Sony/ATV loses 4% share as UMPG and BMG both make gains amid hip-hop's rise
News Concord keeps faith with Imagem as it eyes further acquisitions Scott Pascucci and his senior team set out fast-growing company's strategy
News Live Nation appoints Jo Dipple as SVP, Public Affairs Former UK Music boss will handle responsibilities for LN and Ticketmaster internationally
News Spotify hires ex-Pandora Australia and NZ boss Jane Huxley as MD in region Exec starts new role on September 1
News Reservoir signs multi-Platinum-selling songwriter Dave Bassett Bassett has written major hits for the likes of Rachel Platten and Elle King
News SESAC’s US radio deal hailed as ‘historic benchmark’ for new era of broadcast royalties Universal Music Publishing and the NMPA give their take on crucial rates decision
Interviews ‘You’ve got to work at songwriting 7 days a week. There’s no such thing as writer’s block.’ Lamont Dozier is a legend. You could learn a lot from him.
News Sony puts new Diplo single behind streaming paywall in India Saavn, Gaana and Hungama agree to block free users for limited period
News Pandora lost $407m in the first half of 2017 – and continues to shed listeners The challenge facing the firm's new investors is sharpened as active users fall to lowest point in more than 3 years
News Sia leaves Sony deal to sign worldwide agreement with Warner’s Atlantic Australian star readies Christmas-themed album for release this year
News Harry Styles helps push Sony Music revenues up 11%, as downloads claim just 13% of firm’s sales Streaming revenues jump 22% and claim 39% of Sony labels' overall revenues
News Kobalt signs lease for ‘technologically advanced’ 23,000 square foot New York office Rights management company will relocate from 220 West 42nd Street in Midtown
News Eleven Seven Label Group promotes Jackie Kajzer to SVP, Promotions Exec will look after Eleven Seven Music and Better Noise Records
News Spotify storms past 60m subscribers, now adding more than 2m a month Daniel Ek's company races ahead of Apple Music by adding 10m subs since March
News SESAC confirms it’s signed Adele, who leaves her deal with BMI Star's US performance rights will now be handled by for-profit org