Music Business News: Italy
News Artist First will offer local marketing and promotional services to AWAL artists looking to break into the Italian market. News ForumNet Group owns and operates Unipol Forum, a 15,800-capacity arena that has drawn about 2m visitors annually since opening in 1990. Interviews Four more new names from Vevo’s annual DSCVR Artists to Watch list News Italy-headquartered Bending Spoons is known for buying up tech brands that have lost their luster Interviews MBW’s World Leaders series meets Pico Cibelli, President of Warner Music Italy. News Eleonora Rubini elevated to Label Director, Warner Records Italy; Marco Masoli upped to Label Director, Atlantic Records Italy News Musixmatch says it will use the publishers' catalogs to build 'non-generative' AI tools News Italian artists accounted for 90% of the top 10 albums and singles in Italy in H1 2025, industry group FIMI says