News Universal revives PolyGram brand to handle new movie and TV projects David Blackman to head up department working on INXS and Motown productions
News Frank Ocean lets rip at The Grammys. And really, who can blame him? 'I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful.'
News Pandora slates Spotify and Apple Music – as its losses double to $343m Tim Westergren targets subscription growth of 9m this year
News Vevo poaches Fullscreen’s Kevin McGurn as Chief Sales Officer Vevo reaches almost 100m users a month in the US market
News INgrooves strikes global deal with Australia’s OneLove Music Group Australian label joins Dirty Hit on INgrooves' list of partners
News Big Machine hires Mike Rittberg as Chief Marketing Officer Scott Borchetta hails company's 'incredible new marketing formula'
News Spotify Premium, marching towards 50m subs, goes free… in New York Times bundle deal Promotion mirrors similar deal run with The Times (UK) in 2014
News Universal signs classical superstar Lang Lang… and it’s very pleased about it Virtuoso pianist leaves behind Sony deal after three years
News Warner/Chappell Production Music promotes Aaron Gant to SVP Exec joined publisher when it acquired 615 Music in 2010
News SoundExchange appoints Ron Wilcox of Warner to its Board of Directors WMG’s Executive Counsel, Business Affairs, Strategic and Digital Initiatives takes over from Sony's Jeff Walker
Analysis News Warner Music just joined the $1bn streaming record company club Total recorded music revenues from the likes of Spotify and Apple Music hit 10 figures in 2016
News UMPG hires Viacom’s Rochelle Holguin as VP of Creative Strategy Exec worked on series including Teen Wolf, Awkward and Faking It
News Razor & Tie’s 17m-selling Kidz Bop brand expands into UK with Universal Believe it or not, only three artists in history have had more Top 10 albums in the US
News Live Nation acquires majority stake in Israel’s Bluestone Entertainment Guy Oseary credited with bringing two businesses together
News PPL’s neighbouring rights revenue jumped 34% to £49.1m in 2016 Weakened post-Brexit pound helps UK society post record figures
News Average streaming subscription price fell to $6.49 a month in 2015 Mark Mulligan predicts there will be 221.5m subs by 2020 worldwide
News 300 Entertainment promotes Selim Bouab to SVP, A&R Exec will continue to run his Unauthorized Entertainment label