News Amazon Music is a livestreaming platform now, thanks to Twitch tie-up 'This new feature couldn’t arrive at a more crucial time in the industry.'
Interviews ‘Everything I need to know, I learned as a little kid: Be yourself, do what makes you happy, be kind.’ Freddy Wexler on working hard, lucky breaks – and listening to artists
News Spirit buys Kara DioGuardi music publishing catalog 'Her song catalog is full of evergreen hits.'
News Jay-Z’s TIDAL makes VR concerts bet, buying $7m in tokens from $100m-backed Sensorium Corporation "Our relationship with Sensorium provides TIDAL with the opportunity to gain exclusive rights for its stellar artist roster to have their shows and music broadcast exclusively within Sensorium's themed virtual entertainment worlds."
News Stem, having paid out $100m in royalties to date, secures $10m in new financing Company has added Coach K, Mark Gillespie, Red Light managers and others as new investors
Analysis News Livestreaming is an obvious next move for Spotify. Here’s why it makes sense. The scene appears set for Daniel Ek's company to make its move into a burgeoning sector
News Will Round Hill be the next music company to IPO on the stock exchange? MBW sources suggest New York-based company is eyeing the London Stock Exchange
News Bo de Raaff hired as General Manager of CTM’s recorded music division He was previously Head of A&R Benelux at Warner Music
News BTS’s Dynamite topped 12.6m streams on Spotify on day one – but 4.9m of them were discounted from its Chart Spotify confirms that Dynamite was streamed 12.6 million times in total
Interviews ‘As soon as you enter the stupid deal business, you risk all of your deals becoming stupid.’ Believe’s Denis Ladegaillerie envisions a bright, bold future for the UK market. Trigger warning: major record labels might not completely love it...
News Round Hill Music signs 4 Horsemen Music to global publishing deal Writer collective has worked with Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts and Shinedown
Interviews Reaching over 70m fans, UK’s Bytesized Talent looks to ‘help labels form longer-term relationships with influencers’ Fanbytes' CEO, Timothy Armoo, explains how his firm can take a "full 360 approach to marketing" for its clients.
News Concord raises another $600m via J.P. Morgan-placed debt offering New offering provides Concord with access to over $1bn of debt financing in total
News Tencent Music and Thailand’s biggest record label strike pact to ‘co-create content’ Partnership will make use of TME's Karaoke app WeSing
News Mairu Gupta named Director, Digital Business for Sony Music in India Exec previously worked at the NBA