News AMRA expands in Europe and the UK, inks global deals with Spirit and Sentric New Stockholm office announced, plus hiring spree in the UK and new deals
Analysis The mythical power of streaming playlists: is it more hype than substance? Is the end of the 'playlist era' soon upon us?
Analysis Sony Music revenues up 5.8% so far this year, sales dipped slightly in last quarter Streaming revenues shoot up 26% in the first nine months of 2018
News Columbia Records ups Jay Schumer to Senior Vice President of Marketing Schumer will be based in New York and reports to Columbia Records General Manager Jenifer Mallory
News Downtown signs Theophilus London to his first music publishing deal Deal with Kanye West collaborator includes catalog
Analysis A&R ‘Moneyball’ is hotter than ever. But will it actually improve the music business? After Apple's acqui-hire of Asaii, what's next for AI-driven artist discovery?
News Greece’s music rights sector in turmoil as head of copyright office steps down Irini Stamatoudi has cited a general lack of transparency at the copyright office for her resignation
News YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki tells artists: Article 13 poses ‘a threat to your livelihood’ Wojcicki's warning about the EU copyright directive was shared in a wide-ranging letter with YouTube creators
News SOCAN launches new services arm called Dataclef, inks deal with IPRS Dataclef is "the most authoritative global music services platform ever built" according to Socan
News Kirit Joshi upped to Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Sony In this role, Joshi will oversee SME’s worldwide Information Security and Technology (IS&T) operations
News APRA AMCOS posts record annual revenue of A$420.2 million Income generated from digital sources surpassed broadcast revenue for the first time, accounting for A$134.5m - nearly a third of all revenue.
News ERA: IFPI report ‘disenfranchises’ millions of physical music fans UK's Entertainment Retailers Association protests at IFPI report which excludes physical formats
News Universal signs multi-year direct licensing agreement with Mixcloud The global agreement includes payment for previous use of UMG’s music
News Make Royalties Great Again: President Donald Trump signs Music Modernization Act into law "The MMA will create a more transparent and streamlined approach to music licensing and payment for artists."
News Malcolm Dunbar promoted to Global President and COO at PledgeMusic Dunbar was previously President of UK and Europe since 2016