News Michael Chester appointed EVP, Promotion for Warner Bros. Records Chester was previously SVP, Marketing and Promotion at Scooter Braun’s SB Projects
News Jean-Michel Jarre partners with VR firm TheWaveVR for new album The deal will give TheWaveVR’s global community access to his new album Equinoxe Infinity via VR shows
News Apple’s ‘app tax’, hated by Spotify, is under fire in US Supreme Court case Consumer lawsuit launched over Apple's App Store pricing model
News Apple Music is coming to Amazon Echo devices Apple Music to integrate with Amazon Echo devices starting from the week of December 17
Interviews ‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them, rather than going to the light.’ Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner's global recorded music operation
News Robert Ashcroft to step down as CEO of PRS for Music in 2019 Ashcroft to leave role on the tenth anniversary of his appointment
News Spotify hasn’t been licensed by Universal, Sony or Warner for India (yet) The big three major labels are yet to sign on the dotted line
Analysis Why Spotify needs to up its game outside of Europe and the Americas (and is making big bets to do so) If Spotify's expanding into India, its investors should prepare themselves for a tough challenge ahead
News Secondary ticketing platform Viagogo ordered by UK court to ‘overhaul’ the way it does business The court order ends a legal dispute with The UK Competition and Markets Authority
Interviews UROK’s Roy and Sam Eldridge on Liam Gallagher, Plan B, Jess Glynne… and each other Father and son team Roy and Sam Eldridge discuss artist development and the state of the record industry
Analysis News How Taylor Swift’s big demand will affect $280m+ of Universal’s money Why the pop icon is also, in one regard, a punk-rock rebel
News Record industry attacks YouTube for ‘carpet-bombing propaganda’ over Article 13 Labels respond to latest Lyor Cohen op/ed, which claims artists will be paid less after Article 13
Analysis Why did Warner just spend $180m to buy a merchandising company? Merch is becoming a huge, and vital, component of artist careers
News West One Music Group expands senior management team, launches custom music division in Los Angeles West One Music Group will also be opening a new recording facility in LA
News AEG Europe ups John Langford, Emma Bownes & Paul Reeve to key roles The appointments follow the news that Alex Hill will take over as President of AEG Europe from January 2019