News Metropolis Music becomes part of Live Nation with new venture Independent UK promoter effectively joins Michael Rapino's empire
News With 1m global album sales, Christine And The Queens ready next step Because Music founder Emmanuel De Buretel explains what's next
Analysis Why Netflix’s growing profits will have left Spotify sweating Film and TV company's gross margins tower above those of Daniel Ek's company
Interviews News Is the global sync market set to explode for indie labels and unsigned artists? Will some of the billions spent by Netflix and Amazon on content make its way to emerging acts?
News UMG signs ‘multi-faceted’ deal with Alex Da Kid’s KIDinaKORNER UMG deal expands a partnership agreed with Universal in 2011 that saw Alex Da Kid create his own label with Interscope Records
News Germany’s recorded music market generated €1.58bn in 2016, up 2.4% Streaming rose 73.1% to hit a marketshare of 24.3%, while digital downloads are down 19.4% to account for 12.3% of the market
News Tencent Chief Andy Ng to deliver keynote at Midem Ng’s keynote at Midem coincides with Tencent’s push to expand elsewhere into Asia
News PledgeMusic names Bryan Mead SVP, Artist and Label Relations Mead most recently served as INgrooves Music Group’s Senior Vice President, Label Services and Marketing
News INgrooves appoints Ollie Buckwell SVP of Business Development Buckwell will be responsible for generating new business deals and expanding partnerships with labels and artists around the world
News Sony/ATV: Paul McCartney lawsuit is ‘unnecessary and premature’ Did the former Beatle file suit to avoid the same fate as Duran Duran?
News Paul McCartney sues Sony/ATV over US copyrights to Beatles hits US publishing copyrights will begin expiring next year
News FRUKT and Rogers & Cowan align under singular leadership structure Two agencies employ more than 250 marketing execs worldwide
News Sony battles online leak of Wizkid/Drake’s One Dance follow-up Hush Up The Silence is the follow-up to global smash One Dance
News Apple Music welcomes another ‘live’ radio station, via CBS Sports CBS Sports Radio is a 24/7 channel that offers a live simulcast of national sports coverage and programming
News Gregg Nadel named President of Elektra Records Nadel joined Atlantic straight out of college in 1997
News Syco’s new leadership team signs 5 After Midnight 5 After Midnight were the highest placed group in the X Factor last year after finishing in third place
News Wixen signs sub-publishing deal with Native Tongue Native Tongue will represent Wixen’s catalogue in its home territories of Australia and New Zealand
Interviews RCA’s Peter Edge and Tom Corson: ‘We don’t keep the lights on here if we don’t develop new artists’ RCA Records leaders Tom Corson and Peter Edge discuss Doug Morris, charts, streaming and radio