News London’s O2 Arena names John Langford VP and GM Langford has spent three years at The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow
News Drake dominates Spotify’s biggest songs of the summer One Dance was the most-streamed song on Spotify during June 1st - August 31st
News Apple hires Universal’s Brian Rose as David Hawkes steps up at UMG Rose has been with UMG for 13 years, Hawkes for 14 years
News BPI hires first ever COO with MJ Olaore Olaore joins from independent market research company Firefish
News FUGA signs deals with Fire, V2 Benelux, Sounday and Earth Recordings Current label partners include Domino and Epitaph
News Lohan Presencer becomes Ministry Chairman, steps aside as CEO Jonathan Bevan takes over day-to-day running of company
News Paul Pacifico replaces Alison Wenham as CEO of UK trade body AIM FAC boss takes over at label body in November
News Sony slashed 60% of EMI Publishing staff after historic $2.2bn buyout Sony documents show heavy job losses at historic major company
News Universal spent $38m on restructuring in the first half of 2016 UMG completes move away from 'US'/'rest of the world' global setup
Interviews ‘Artists are complicated people. You’ve got to be sensitive to that.’ Big Life's Tim Parry on breaking a big act worldwide - and missing Jazz Summers
News SoundCloud names Google exec CFO, tasked with ‘maintaining our financial health’ SoundCloud lost $44m in 2014 on revenues of $19m
News Former V2/Cooperative exec Neil Robertson joins Music Glue in Australia Robertson is also a former manager of Belle & Sebastian
Analysis Major labels generated $5bn in first half of 2016 – as Universal took lion’s share Universal's streaming market share is greater than its overall holding
News PPL slashes anti-piracy spending as annual collections rise to £197m BPI contributions cut by a million as staff costs grow by £1.3m
Analysis Spotify’s competitors turn up the heat as Amazon readies its rival Pandora, Amazon, Vevo and others keen to launch new features over the coming months
News Spotify is making its own records… and putting them on playlists 'Chill' playlists being infiltrated by Spotify-owned recordings, MBW learns
News UMPG pipped Sony/ATV to become top Gold & Platinum publisher in the US last month UMPG - led by Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson - was the lead US publisher in July with 86 certifications
News BMG’s Thomas Scherer promoted to EVP BMG US Publishing The exec now has direct responsibility for BMG’s LA and New York-based publishing creative teams