News France’s recorded music market was worth $867m last year, up 5.4% year-on-year Streaming accounted for 59% of total revenue
News Anghami says it’s already been approached by ‘multiple parties’ interested in buying the company Co-founder Elie Habib was recently interviewed by CNN
News Artificial Intelligence made a song in the style of Travis Scott. It sounds unnervingly like Travis Scott. "She got the crew on top of my chain (It's lit); Wasted in the street like a pain (Straight up)."
News New specialist music streaming platform, jazzed, launches in the UK Licensing terms have been agreed with the majors
News Downtown ups Andrew Sparkler to EVP, Global Business Development amidst raft of promotions and new hires Bruce Lampcov also promoted, to SVP of Global Business Development
Interviews ‘Downtown is an ideal combination of technology and creativity, with an international mindset built in its DNA.’ Downtown Music Publishing's Laura Bedikian and Charles Braud give MBW an insight into France's publishing sector and the company's position in the market...
Interviews ‘There’s nothing more exciting than finding a new idea…’ Raine Group partner Fred Davis talks big deals, new money and Daniel Ek
Interviews ‘You can make decent money in Italy out of streaming – but physical still maintains some strongholds.’ Artist First founder Claudio Ferrante gives his view on the world's 12th biggest music market
News ‘AI-enabled’ indie label SNAFU Records launches with $2.9m venture capital backing Company was founded by former Universal Music exec Ankit Desai
News Apple Music teams up with Genius to co-produce new episodes of ‘Verified’ lyric explainer video series New episodes will premiere exclusively on Apple Music
News YouTube Music and the UK’s MMF unveil participants on the 2020 Accelerator Programme for Music Managers Participants are drawn from across the UK and represent 66 artists
Interviews ‘The music industry’s relationship with tech has been less than optimal. We’re here to improve that.’ Zach Katz and Shara Senderoff discuss their startup-surveying, Scooter Braun-backed venture
News Sir Lucian Grainge: Universal is transforming into the ‘most innovative audio-visual company in the entertainment world’ Billie Eilish and others play annual Universal Los Angeles event in Grammy week
News CTS EVENTIM acquires majority stakes in Switzerland’s Gadget Entertainment and wepromote Deals see company grow its live events portfolio by over 400 concerts per year
News Amazon Music has over 55m customers worldwide Subscriptions to Amazon Music Unlimited also grew by more than 50% last year alone, reports company