Music Business News: Germany

DEAG to own 100% of Swiss promoter The Classical Company after acquiring remaining 50% stake

Germany-based DEAG is acquiring the stake in the firm from Swiss media group Ringier AG

Is it time to move on from ‘women in music’?

Linda Perry, Tony Visconti, Pat Carr and Kinnie Starr discuss gender equality at Reeperbahn

Warner Music Group buys merch company EMP in $180m deal

Cash deal expected to close in October following regulatory approval

Concord Music hires Tina Funk to expand publishing division in Germany

Funk was formerly General Manager at Vevo Germany

BMG revenues top $290m in first half of 2018, with recorded music making up over a third of sales

Overall sales up 9.2% on a constant currency basis, says Hartwig Masuch

Streaming revenue overtook CDs in Germany for the first time in H1 2018 – but the market declined 2%

Streaming rises 35.2% to represent a 47.8% marketshare

BMG shakes up leadership structure in response to company’s ‘surging growth’

Ben Katovsky named COO as Ama Walton becomes Chief HR Officer

Hartwig Masuch: ‘Spotify isn’t doing anything wrong.’

BMG boss isn't bothered about direct artist licensing, as he's confident his company can compete