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
News Eventbrite acquires self-service ticketing rival Ticketscript Move makes Eventbrite Europe's third-largest ticketing supplier
News Randy Jackson joins Faction Entertainment’s growing ‘management services’ roster Robb McDaniels' new company now works with 25 managers in total
News CODA launches JV with Independent Talent Group to invest in live projects ITG's clients include Steve Coogan, Danny Boyle and Colin Firth
News Guild of Music Supervisors expands into the UK market Los Angeles group is setting up shop in London. Could a UK-specific awards be on the cards?
News After 15 years of decline, France’s recorded music market returns to growth Stéphane Le Tavernier celebrates the beginning of a turnaround story for the global industry
Analysis How Facebook can go from villain to hero: Pinch Vevo from YouTube Why the music business's own video channel could be the key to helping Mark Zuckerberg
News BMG paid $100m for Broken Bow in ‘significant milestone’ for its business Buyout gives company a strategic recordings foothold in Nashville
News AEG buys stake in The Bowery Presents – and claims to be New York’s No.1 promoter Independent promoter puts on more than 2,500 events every year
News SESAC signs multi-Grammy Award winner Rosanne Cash Singer/songwriters joins Green Day, Randy Newman and others on firm's books
News David Wolter exits RCA to head Virgin Records at Capitol Music Group Exec will report into Ashley Newton at CMG in Hollywood
News BMG beats majors to acquire Jason Aldean label Broken Bow BMG launches recorded music operation in Nashville through buyout