News Tencent Music stock falls following first post-IPO earnings report Revenues hit $785m in Q4 with a net loss of $127m
News 7digital appoints Julia Hubbard as Chief Financial Officer She replaces interim CFO David Holmwood
News SoundCloud inks exclusive ad sales deal with Southern Cross Austereo in Australia SCA is Australia’s biggest entertainment company
News Apple blasts Spotify for ‘suing’ songwriters: ‘A damaging step backwards for the music industry’ 'Underneath the rhetoric, Spotify’s aim is to make more money off others’ work.'
News Concord signs US sub-publishing deal with Paris-based Because Editions Because Editions publishes Christine & The Queens and Daft Punk
News Spotify backed by rival music streaming platforms in Apple ‘app tax’ row "We support Spotify in wanting a level playing field so that companies have to compete through innovation, content and customer focus."
Interviews How The Greatest Showman became the world’s favorite album of 2018 Atlantic's President on the west coast, Kevin Weaver, discusses a soundtrack phenomenon
News Universal Music Group hires eBay veteran Dan Morales as Chief Information Officer Morales will join UMG’s global headquarters in Santa Monica next month
News Spotify files anti-trust complaint against Apple over ‘app tax’ in EU 'After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we’re now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition.'
News TIDAL adds master quality audio to its iPhone app High def audio is delivered via partnership with HD Music firm MQA
News SoundCloud expands partnership with Global-owned DAX to Canada DAX is already SoundCloud’s exclusive sales partner in the UK
News Ben Harvey named President of Sony and Kygo JV, Palm Tree Records SiriusXM presenter played key role in the early career of Kygo
News Kobalt Music Group is raising the biggest investment round in its history MBW speculates that the new funding raise could be in excess of $100m
News Live Nation sees eighth consecutive year of record growth in 2018 Company posted revenue of $10.8 billion, up 11% on 2017
News BMI and ASCAP issue open letter on Consent Decree reform The DOJ is reportedly planning to review the music-licensing rules that have been in place since 1941