News Chess Club secures investment, inks global distribution deal with AWAL, reveals new signings and releases UK label takes investment from Coran Capshaw of Red Light Management
News Spotify backed by rival music streaming platforms in Apple ‘app tax’ row "We support Spotify in wanting a level playing field so that companies have to compete through innovation, content and customer focus."
Interviews How The Greatest Showman became the world’s favorite album of 2018 Atlantic's President on the west coast, Kevin Weaver, discusses a soundtrack phenomenon
News Spotify files anti-trust complaint against Apple over ‘app tax’ in EU 'After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we’re now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition.'
Analysis News How Spotify could pinch back over $320m from songwriters with its new legal appeal What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board's new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers
Interviews News Wait… Spotify is ‘suing songwriters’? What the heck is going on? "Spotify and Amazon are the bad actors - they drove the decision to appeal the [ruling]."
News Annie Lennox teams with Apple Music to launch Global International Women’s Day initiative Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Richard E Grant, Emeli Sande, Hozier, Farhan Akhtar and more appear in short film
News Spotify and Amazon ‘sue songwriters’ with appeal against 44% royalty rise in the United States "These big tech bullies do not respect or value the songwriters who make their businesses possible."
News Sony signed $250m distribution deal for Michael Jackson recordings in 2018 – report Deal is for seven years, says report from WSJ
Interviews Why Anghami, with over 1m paying users, doesn’t feel threatened by Spotify in the Middle East Elie Habib, Co-Founder of Anghami, on why the Lebanon-based music streaming company is the leading service in MENA
News UK’s Competition Authority prepares legal action against Viagogo Ticket seller 'is still not compliant' with court order, says CMA
News Apple is hiring for a Global Head of Latin Music to grow ‘multi-million dollar business programs’ Company is hiring for a Global Head of Latin Music Business in Miami
News BMI and ASCAP issue open letter on Consent Decree reform The DOJ is reportedly planning to review the music-licensing rules that have been in place since 1941
News US music streaming revenues grew 30% in 2018 to hit $7.4bn, as subscriptions topped 50m $9.8bn generated at retail, with $6.6bn making its way back to artists and labels in wholesale payments
News UK-based mobile ticketing platform DICE to ‘ramp up’ US expansion in 2019 Company has 'ambitious list of cities to get into,' says CRO Russ Tannen