News Distribution company Beatroot Music to administer ‘thousands in unpaid royalties’ of former Dart Music Dozens of music creators to obtain years’ worth of unclaimed royalties, says firm
News Universal Music Publishing Group launches new royalty portal that offers no-fee advances Universal claims app offers "clear, complete and real-time earnings and data"
News Rap & production duo Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn sign with Absolute Duo have more than 21m streams across Spotify and Apple Music
Interviews ‘There’s nothing more exciting than finding a new idea…’ Raine Group partner Fred Davis talks big deals, new money and Daniel Ek
News SoundCloud secures $75m investment from Pandora owner SiriusXM SiriusXM has purchased $75 million of securities for a minority investment
News PPL international collections hit record high of £86.7m in 2019 Total achieved in 2018 was £70.9m
News ‘A class act’: Danny Strick exits Sony/ATV after 15 years with publisher Departure is the latest big transformation of Sony/ATV under Jon Platt
Analysis News Sony Music revenues grew by over $250m in calendar 2019, topping $4bn Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music's biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year
Interviews ‘The music industry’s relationship with tech has been less than optimal. We’re here to improve that.’ Zach Katz and Shara Senderoff discuss their startup-surveying, Scooter Braun-backed venture
News Over half of us listen to fewer albums than we did 5 -10 years ago (report) Only 9% of 8,000 people surveyed favor albums
News UK rapper Avelino teams with Cooking Vinyl Publishing to launch new company, Sync Music Ltd Business was formed with artist's management team of Gautier Mukuna and Rowland Ashitey
News Article 13 binned by UK Government as Brexit looms UK Government 'has no plans' to implement EU Copyright Directive
News Willard Ahdritz becomes Kobalt Chairman, as Laurent Hubert succeeds him as CEO Ex-BMG exec Hubert joined Kobalt in 2016
News BMG responds to artist streaming revolt in Germany: ‘It is time for record companies to change.’ Letter appears to seek a 'user-centric' style of payment, while "attacking" record companies
News CTS EVENTIM acquires majority stakes in Switzerland’s Gadget Entertainment and wepromote Deals see company grow its live events portfolio by over 400 concerts per year