News AMRA signs ex-US deal with rights management company ole Kobalt-owned collection society strikes first major third-party deal
News Ticketmaster hires David Marcus to helm new music division New division to join artist services operation OnTour, the Venues & Promoters ticketing segment and club ticket platform TicketWeb
News Sheila Richman promoted at Atlantic Records to EVP, Press & Media Respected exec joined Atlantic back in 2004 from Island Def Jam
News CBS Radio and Entercom to merge, creating $2bn US radio giant Known as Entercom, the combined company will provide 244 radio stations in 23 of the top 25 US markets
News Netflix signs exclusive music publishing deal with BMG The deal covers music featured in Netflix Originals series
Analysis Apple owns $246bn in cash. What’s it willing to spend on ruling music? Tim Cook is ready to acquire and wants original content. What could that mean for music?
News Mark Zuckerberg: Creators must be paid ‘a good amount’ for premium content Facebook is about to start sharing its ad money. But will it share enough with the music business?
Analysis News Sony Music earned $1.2bn from streaming platforms in 2016 Major label is now generating around $167k every hour from Spotify, Apple Music et al
News Flipagram sold to Chinese news app company Toutiao The deal aims to grow Flipagram’s customer base through recommendation and improve its in-app experience
News The Royalty Network renews administration deal with Imagem in Germany Imagem Music GmbH will continue to administer TRN's publishing rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
News Spain’s recorded music market grew in 2016… but by just €3.5m Spain's digital business exceeded €100m in 2016, representing 61% of the market, according to forecasts
News Why did Sprint pay $200m for TIDAL? Sprint, majority-owned by Japanese giant Softbank, believes it can help TIDAL grow "substantially"
News SOCAN, CD Baby, SongTrust and FUGA back dotBlockchain Partners will contribute technical and financial resources to the project
News MBW was read by 1.8m users last year, generating 4.4m page views Website traffic jumps 67%; MBW's email services now reach 30,000 subscribers
News Jordan Jay joins Virgin EMI as Senior A&R Manager Exec will continue to run Karma Artists in conjunction with new role
News Ben Vaughn promoted to President of Warner/Chappell Nashville Popular exec joined Jon Platt's publisher in 2011 from EMI
Analysis News SoundExchange payouts grew 10% to a record $884m last year Organization distributed nearly half a billion dollars in second half of 2016
News SOCAN revenues grew 8% in 2016 as it paid out over $200m to songwriters and publishers Society breaks records, but income-to-distribution ratio increases