Music Business News: Europe

Catherine Marks: What I wish I’d known

Producer, mixer and engineer Catherine Marks recently got her first UK No.1 as a co-producer on the debut album from indie supergroup boygenius

‘SoundCloud is here to change the world.’

Emmy Lovell, Global Head of Music at SoundCloud, tells MBW why the streaming service is out to transform the industry for everyone…

CTM Outlander buys Dutch music company Strengholt Music Group

Deal marks the latest in a string of acquisitions for CTM Outlander

Spain’s Unison launches global management platform for digital rights, SOLO

SOLO will be offered through a subscription model and will be compatible with various devices, enabling artists

From Universal’s $2.93bn in Q2 to Spotify’s price hikes in over 50 markets… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

This week's biggest stories...

Sir Lucian Grainge on rewarding ‘real’ artists, Universal’s global expansion strategy and more from the company’s Q2 earnings call

Highlights from Universal Music Group's Q2 earnings call...

Florence Lao appointed General Counsel and Board Secretary at Deezer

Lao was previously Group General Counsel at Adisseo, responsible for legal, compliance, governance, M&A, financing, insurance, internal audit, and risk functions.

User-centric: New study of 50k indie SoundCloud artists shows 1 in 5 could double income under streaming model

Study also shows that 38.8% of artists would see a decrease in income of 40% or more under user-centric