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
News Australia’s Seventh Street Media acquires Tone Deaf, The Brag and J Play Former The Music Network editor Poppy Reid also joins growing new venture
News Ministry Of Sound Group appoints Andrew Akuffo Director, Events and Brand Former Viacom and Cake London exec joins firm after Sony Recordings sale
News Former Sony lawyer Ralph De Palma III joins Pryor Cashman in New York Exec worked his way up to Director of Sony Music's business affairs unit
News Music streaming finally has more paying subscribers than Netflix Music subscriptions jumped 48% last year, according to latest figures
News PRS and PPL launch joint licence for non-profit radio stations in the UK Community stations first to benefit from dual recorded music and publishing licensing
News Apple’s new AirPods ad: Will it convince you to go wireless? Apple rolls out four new ads for unconventional wireless earphones