News BeSixth appoints Jon Leshay as Head of Global Strategic Partnerships and Branding Former Elektra Records Senior Vice President joins newly-formed agency
News British music is losing its market power in the USA. Does BMG have the answer? "The problem for UK artists is that US-based companies naturally tend to favor their local repertoire... our view is that UK artists and songwriters deserve better than that."
Interviews How Lewis Capaldi became a billion-stream superstar – according to his manager, Ryan Walter "Musically, he’s my favourite artist of all time. I know that probably sounds lame, but it’s true."
News AEG Presents and Eden Project form new Eden Sessions joint venture Concert series has featured performances from Oasis, Elton John, Blondie, Bjork, Lionel Richie, Paul Weller and more
News Warner on Lily Allen’s alleged assault perpetrator: ‘We understand he wasn’t and isn’t our employee.’ Company CEO says Allen's account is "deeply disturbing and obviously an appalling thing to have happened"
News Warner buys into blockchain: Major music company joins $11m investment in Ethereum rival ‘Flow’ Applications Flow will support include artists or bands using crypto tokens for fans to buy digital merchandise
News Can Amazon Music damage Spotify’s market strength in Brazil? "Today’s launch represents a momentous step for Amazon Music, as Brazil is one of the most important music destinations in the world."
News Spotify is now a music-making marketplace, as it buys New York-based SoundBetter Daniel Ek's "two-sided marketplace" is becoming a reality
News Cindy James named Head Of Commercial Marketing for Caroline James was most recently Vice President of Streaming & Playlisting Strategy for Island Records
News Spotify takes another step beyond music with hire of ex-CBS News President David Rhodes hired as original news content consultant
Analysis News Apple wanted to improve songwriter pay to $0.00091 per stream. Spotify and Google weren’t keen. Historical filings show why Spotify believes "lower royalty rates are critical" to the service's future
News Mike Walsh leaving Radio X after 18 years with Global Walsh was an early backer of breakout UK talent like The 1975, Florence + The Machine, Gerry Cinnamon, Hozier and The Courteeners
Analysis Taylor Swift’s Lover: A lightning rod for a record industry struggling to define its own success MBW takes a long, hard look at one of the biggest albums of the year so far
News Spotify expands pilot of Premium Duo plan into 14 new Latin American countries Plan is available in all Latin American countries that have Spotify except for Brazil
News Frank Briegmann at Universal Inside 2019: ‘We want the entire ecosystem of the music industry to grow with us’ Universal artists generated a total of 19.5bn streams in Germany in the first eight months of 2019