News Amy Thomson, who managed Swedish House Mafia and marketed Kanye West, reveals the most important things she knows about artist management and marketing Thomson also teases new platform which, she says, recovered $4m in royalties for an artist's catalog
News Live Nation cancels major festivals in the UK Download and the Isle of Wight Festival are cancelled
News Could the music industry do more to help artists and songwriters whose income has been hit by Coronavirus? Should 'black box' money and discretionary advances be paid over to music's creative community amid the pandemic?
News Spotify pledges $10m fund to support artists hit by Coronavirus pandemic "Combatting the impact of this pandemic on the music industry will take a massive global effort..."
Analysis Blog Finding Gratitude and Purpose in Crisis: ‘I can’t control what’s happening in the outside world – what I can control is my mindset…’ 300 Entertainment CEO, Kevin Liles, on his enforced break from the office... and being a dad
News The Weeknd enjoys major debut on Spotify with new album, racking up over 59m chart streams in a day Drake's Scorpion remains the record-holder for day one global streams with more than 132m
News Tekashi 6ix9ine sued for $2.2m by clothing brand Fashion Nova Rapper sued for breach of contract after he was paid a $225,000 advance
Analysis News Screw you, Coronavirus. At least music’s streaming business is still booming. How are music streaming services faring in a COVID-19-hit world?
News As concert income drops, could fan investments create a new revenue stream for artists? Swiss Estus AG invests $1.7m in Austrian fan-funding startup Global Rockstar
News Raine Group forecasts that independent artist sector will earn over $2bn this year Merchant bank says 'DIY' artist income, specifically, will jump by 27% to $1.22 billion in 2020
Interviews What’s it like to be a music company in the middle of the Coronavirus lockdown in Italy? Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante on life and business under Coronavirus lockdown in Italy
Interviews ‘The guy who signed me sent an email that basically said, You will never make it in America and you’re going to come home crying.’ Toby Gad, writer of smashes for Beyoncé and John Legend, on why songwriters shouldn't "try to be famous"
Analysis News Tencent Music isn’t actually a Chinese company. Why should the global music business care? Why the company's Cayman Islands setup should be closely scrutinized by music's biggest players
News Pro Music Rights sues ‘the entire music industry’ for allegedly ‘running an illegal cartel’ Lawsuit was filed in Connecticut federal court Monday (March 9)
News Mojo Music & Media acquires complete publishing catalog of Larry Gatlin Deal includes publishing and songwriter interests in around 300 songs