News Island Records and Warner Chappell sign poutyface, discovered via music app Voisey Over 11 millions songs have been recorded on Voisey so far
News Over a million people are watching UFC on US TV. Now, it’s got its own music streaming app. "We feel UFC Ultimate Sound is the first step in a new direction for both the music industry and professional sports."
Interviews ‘Major labels have best-in-class structures – but they also have a mass of repertoire.’ How Motion Agency helps major and indie labels to get media attention for artists in multiple international territories
News Spirit Music Group acquires master recordings of Tim McGraw originally released by Big Machine Deal includes masters for three of McGraw’s albums
Interviews ‘With music, you can’t be afraid to take risks.’ They’re two of the most successful British music execs in history – and they don’t do interviews...
Interviews 5 Golden Rules Of Songwriting – from Steve Mac The Ivor Novello winner gives away some of the most important lessons from his career
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