Music Business News: United Kingdom

Alison Donald, Kobalt’s Head of Global Creative, to exit company

Exec announces departure after seven years at Kobalt

Chris York, one of the UK’s top concert promoters, has died at the age of 55 following a long illness

SJM Concerts' Chris York worked with Oasis, Foo Fighters, Green Day, the Chemical Brothers, Lily Allen, Massive Attack, Robert Plant and many other superstars

News

Indie music labels form ORCA, a think tank for ‘recorded culture and arts’

ORCA's goal is to equip policymakers, business leaders, and communities with a deeper understanding of music's significance

Interviews

‘Labels owning masters in perpetuity is criminal, quite frankly.’

Jungle manager Sam Denniston offers his thoughts on dinosaur record deals, TikTok, AI, going easy on DSPs and how his own neurological condition has and hasn’t impacted his career…

News

Ian Carew promoted to Managing Director at Distiller Records

Carew’s music industry career spans over 25 years, including marketing roles at Sony Music and Universal Music Group

Analysis News

From the $2bn+ copyright lawsuit against Verizon to Shamrock’s rights portfolio acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

Analysis News

The debate over music royalties is stuck. Is it time to make the case for ‘completion’?

Why former Spotify exec and Pivot author is arguing for song listening completion to be considered in music royalty models

Interviews

‘I try and stay out of business conversations. I go on my instinct and my musical taste.’

MBW's World’s Greatest Producers series interviews super-producer James Ford about working with Arctic Monkeys, Blur and more