Analysis 5 of Spotify’s biggest imminent challenges in 2019 The key issues Daniel Ek and his team have to face down over the next 10 months
News ie:music hires Leander Gloversmith, signs pop-punk stars Neck Deep Based in London, Gloversmith will also operate from ie:music’s LA HQ
Analysis News Universal Music Group is being valued at $42bn – and could ignite a major label sales frenzy The sale of up to 50% of UMG could tempt Sony and Warner to consider their options
News Suzanne Smith leaves UK public performance joint venture PPL PRS Smith has been Managing Director since April 2017
News Siri co-founder Tom Gruber’s new music startup LifeScore joins Abbey Road Red tech incubator LifeScore is an adaptive music platform
News Article 13 disaster for music biz, joy for YouTube, as labels call for EU copyright bill to be cancelled "We would rather have no Directive at all than a bad Directive," say rightsholders
News EMPIRE hires Amir Abbassy in Content role and Peter Kadin as VP of Marketing Company will soon release music from Iggy Azalea and Robin Thicke
News Music Modernization Act: Labels and publishers back NMPA’s bid to run new mechanical rights society Universal, Sony and Warner, as well as indies, support publisher org's application
Analysis English-language music is losing its stranglehold on global pop charts – and YouTube is driving the change When YouTube’s charts say what's popular, you better believe it. And, right now, "what's popular" applies increasingly less to U.S. pop stars.
News Spotify didn’t launch in India today after all… and still doesn’t have major label approval to do so Spotify's proposed average ad-funded rate in India will sit at less than $0.0005 per-play
News David Hazan to head up Midem’s North American business He will be based in the Reed Midem offices in New York
News Sentric and Strictly Confidential renew deal with Joe Hammill Hammill landed his first No.1 record in 2016 after co-writing Alice On The Roof’s debut album Higher
News Warner Music inks wide-ranging deal with Istanbul-based Doğan Group Deal ranges from video content creation to physical distribution
News UK crowdfunding platform Show4me attracts $12.8 million investment Show4me is owned by UK-based company Wefuture
Analysis Seven startups Spotify should (try to) buy to better serve artists Merch, hardware, A&R, crowd-funding and more offered by some impressive young companies