Interviews ’As a manager, if you want something for your client, you have to be really bullish.’ Vector Management's Ken Levitan on his life and the industry today
News SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor: ‘We’re in a much clearer place now.’ SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor joins the MBW Podcast to discuss the platform's trajectory
Interviews ‘There is a grim determination required to make it in the music business.’ Jimmy Webb is the latest in our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Spotify officially scraps ‘hateful conduct’ policy 'Across all genres, our role is not to regulate artists. Therefore, we are moving away from implementing a policy around artist conduct.'
News Emmy Lovell promoted to EVP of WEA Europe as Matt Crosswaite departs Second promotion in two years for rising star at WMG
Analysis Why Sony’s EMI buyout won’t make it the world’s biggest music company – but will make it the biggest publisher How Sony and Universal would have stacked up in the 12 months to end of March this year
News Spotify and Apple Music are both searching for New York’s smartest hip-hop head Both streaming companies are hiring for senior hip-hop roles in the Big Apple
News Emma Banks to receive Music Industry Trusts Award in November CAA exec follows Rob Stringer to win award in London
News YouTube Music begins its ascent: ‘The potential prize here is huge’ YouTube Music arrives in the US, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea
Analysis Why Billboard’s new chart changes will please some – but aggravate others The USA's leading chart is about to slash the value of 'free' streams versus their paid counterparts
Interviews ‘When superstars land here, we can handle it.’ Alec Boateng and Briony Turner of Atlantic Records UK talk A&R, breaking artists and being part of Max Lousada's Warner
News Now TIDAL is accused of failing to pay record labels on time Dagens Næringsliv report claims that TIDAL hasn't paid labels for months
Analysis News Will Spotify’s renewed love of ‘free’ make labels at all uncomfortable? Some thoughts about the power of words, and Spotify's use of them
Interviews ‘Independent artists can do everything that major labels can.’ Wendy Day has brokered some of hip hop's biggest artist-friendly record label deals.
Interviews Can Ingrooves’ new technology set it apart in a crowded marketplace? Why Ingrooves thinks its new tech, Trends Now, is a "big breakthrough" for its independent clients