People: Julie GreenwaldChairman & COO, Atlantic Records "It’s not about just being smart and resourceful. You have to be smart, resourceful and out-hustle everyone."
News Spotify’s legal chief claims Apple ‘intentionally designed a system rigged in their favor’ European Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into Apple's App Store rules
News Apple faces anti-trust investigation over App Store rules in Europe 'We need to ensure that Apple's rules do not distort competition in markets where Apple is competing with other app developers.'
News BTS bank close to $20m from a single pay-per-view online concert 'Bang Bang Con: The Live' attracted 756,600 concurrent viewers at its peak
News UK-based Music PR execs Caroline Dollimore & Louise Mayne launch new communications agency, Cherry Cherry's founders include The Sports PR Company's Caroline McAteer and writer & editor, Paul Flynn
News Maria Egan, Pulse Music Group’s former President & Head of Creative, joins Splice as Chief Music Officer Egan will oversee all aspects of the company's engagement with the creative community and wider music industry
Analysis US publishers pulled in $3.7bn during 2019 – just over half what record labels made David Israelite and the NMPA break down the performance of members last year
News YouTube launches $100m fund dedicated to amplifying and developing the voices of Black creators and artists YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced the fund in a letter to the platform's users
News The Hottest Independent Artists In The World: Brakence, Bryce Xavier, Dad Sport, Fousheé & Noak Hellsing Five of the most exciting prospects discovered by Instrumental's A&R platform
News LANDR launches Creator tool, enabling ‘almost infinite’ number of sounds for producers Firm says that combination of Creator tool with LANDR Selector creates "no feasible limit" for music-makers
News Competition concerns raised in the UK over Viagogo’s $4.05bn buyout of ticketing rival StubHub viagogo has five working days to address the competition authority's concerns
News TIDAL now officially a suspect in Norwegian data fraud investigation Norway's equivalent of the FBI seizes documents that contain "business and operating secrets"
News Scooter Braun joins $30m investment in avatar-based virtual concert startup Wave Wave recently hosted concerts with John Legend and Tinashe
Analysis Blog Dropping ‘Urban’: Déjà vu All Over Again David C. Linton, Chairman of The Living Legends Foundation, offers a timely history lesson on the US business
News EMPIRE challenges majors in merch world with acquisition of Top Drawer Merch/Electric Family EMPIRE to integrate Top Drawer Merch as it’s merchandising arm