Analysis News Chance The Rapper sued by ex-manager for millions – and the music business will be talking about it for years to come Pat Corcoran says he's owed $2.5m of his own money he invested in Chance, plus $3m in unpaid commissions
News Primary Wave buys majority stake in Stevie Nicks publishing catalog for around $80m Deal includes hits like Landslide, Edge of Seventeen, Stand Back and Dreams
Analysis News Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now worth $1.7bn… and is on course to generate $120m-plus this year Merck Mercuriadis: "We’ve been one of the FTSE 250’s biggest yielders and have now reached a £1.25 billion market cap."
News ‘AI-enabled’ indie label Snafu Records adds ex-UMG Nordics CEO Per Sundin and songwriter/producer Savan Kotecha to list of sharholders Los-Angeles-based label launched with $2.9m in seed funding earlier this year
News Marcus Grant promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Commerce at Def Jam Recordings Exec has served as Vice President, Digital Commerce since 2016
Interviews ‘The future isn’t just about brands using music; it’s about entire industries using music.’ The CEO of B2B music tech company Tuned Global, Con Raso, offers a global eye on the future growth opportunities for the recorded music industry
Interviews ‘The music business isn’t really a place for truth-tellers.’ Top songwriter, publisher, former record label exec and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi talks about lessons learned across a 20-year career
Artist: Boi-1daSongwriter, Producer Boi-1da is signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which extended its long-term global deal with the songwriter and producer in September 2019.
News Music is now a ‘full blown category’ on Twitch, as Amazon-owned firm recruits for Head of Artist Relations New job ad reveals more about Twitch's ambitions in music, as platform's Music Directory launches
News Warner is signing double the number of artists via AI-driven A&R tool Sodatone than it did last year. Now, it’s hired a global head of Data Science. Data science expert Dr. Kobi Abayomi will lead analytics globally across WMG
News Tuhin Roy exits SVP of Innovation role at Universal Music Group to join TikTok rival Triller Roy joined UMG as Vice President of New Digital Business in 2017
News SoundCloud’s revenues jumped 37% to $166m in 2019 – and it’s just posted its first ever profitable quarter Firm's $10m-plus acquisition of Repost Network last year appears to be paying off
Analysis Thoughts of a Manager: A Paean for Artists David Whitehead, an experienced artist manager who has worked with the likes of David Bowie, David Byrne, and Lloyd Cole, lays it all out for the next generation
Analysis Could Epidemic Sound really be worth more than $1bn? How Epidemic might pitch investors on its catalog, rather than its company
Interviews News Spice Girls, Kylie, and a Near-Death Experience: Biff Stannard talks songwriting and battling demons Biff Stannard, British pop songwriting royalty, on his life – and how he deals with his demons