News Joel Katz to be honoured with City of Hope Award Award recognises a leader whose work has fundamentally impacted the music, film and entertainment industries
Analysis Spotify and Apple are at each other’s throats – with the music biz caught in the middle The fallout between these two digital music giants is starting to get ill-tempered...
News Pantaleon launches record label in partnership with Universal Music manager Pino Brönner is CEO and partner
News Absolute Label Services signs YouTube star Hannah Trigwell Trigwell has over 400,000 subscribers on YouTube
News Apple is in talks to buy Jay Z’s TIDAL Could Jimmy Iovine's team acquire Kanye and Beyonce's favoured platform?
News BMG acquires assets of New York indie The End Records Label represents catalogue from Better Than Ezra, Billy Talent, Dead Letter Circus, Everclear and HIM
News Warner ups its game in dance music by signing USHUAÏA partnership Talent scouting also a part of the deal from Ibiza brand
News Martin Bandier slams ‘inexplicable’ US Consent Decree ruling "This decision is going to cause a tremendous amount of uncertainty"
News Kobalt’s AWAL joins forces with Music Glue for independent artists Direct-to-fan commerce specialist and independent artist platform join forces
News When it comes to sync money, UK publishers are outgunning labels UK sync revenues at publishers last year were more than double that seen at record companies
News Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital raises $10m in funding round Company inked deal with UMG three years ago
News Roc Nation Nashville launches in partnership with Warner/Chappell Parternship spawns venture with songwriter/producer/publisher/DJ Jesse Frasure
News Music Sales acquires US publishing rights to Chubby Checker’s The Twist Song hit No.1 on the Billboard hot 100 twice in the sixties
News Shamrock to bankroll the acquisition of legendary artist estates by JAM JAM looks after the estates of Otis Redding, Kurt Cobain and The Doors
News Could the EU block Sony/ATV’s $750m Michael Jackson deal? Regulators set to make decision in Europe by August 1
News Roger Waters signs publishing deal with BMG, leaves Warner/Chappell Hartwig Masuch calls signing a "significant milestone" for his company