News Naz Idelji named Director of Compilations at Sony Music UK Exec moves into new role from recently-acquired Ministry Of Sound
News ole signs expanded deal with Timbaland including YouTube rights Ole recently raised an acquisitions warchest of $500m
News Live Nation acquires Lytham Festival owner Cuffe & Taylor Deal represents aggressive live giant's FOURTH buy in January 2017
News TIDAL sells 33% stake for $200m to Softbank-owned telco Sprint Service now valued at $600m as exclusive relationship begins to blossom
News [PIAS] acquires Inertia Music in Australia Like [PIAS], Inertia runs its own label as well as a distribution/services arm
Analysis Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly? How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?
News CTS Eventim launches new concerts business in Germany Former Koko boss Marc Oßwald joins new venture
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