Music Business News: Europe

Capitol Records UK launches dance label, Lift Me Up Records

Label launched in partnership with Belfast DJ and A&R Connor Coates

Confirmed: Universal IS disregarding unrecouped balances for heritage artists

UMG launches 'worldwide goodwill program for certain legacy featured recording artists and songwriters'

BMG’s annual revenues grew 10.1% to $784m in 2021

Bertelsmann confirms music company's latest annual fiscal numbers

Dani Sawyerr promoted to Director of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group UK

Sawyerr joined UMPG in January 2013, and previously served as A&R Manager

Partisan Records launches publishing division Left Music, headed up by Craig Michie

Company has also signed a global administration agreement with Sony Music Publishing UK.

An MBW reader just blew open the Spotify fake artists story. Here’s what they have to say.

This is an email you're gonna want to read

‘As a publisher we don’t sign repertoire for the present but for its long-term value.’

In this feature, we speak to Matthieu Tessier, Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music France about the success of French superstar rapper Orelsan

Govinda Fichtner named Chief Technology Officer at pan-European licensing hub ICE

Fichtner joins the company from web hosting firm IONOS