News BASCA calls on music publishers to share Facebook, Spotify money #soldforasong campaign is also asking for advance payments from Facebook to be shared with writers and composers
News SoundCloud launches emerging artist support initiative First ever creator advertising campaign will showcases artists’ stories
Analysis News The exec who took Netflix public just gave a storming defence of Spotify’s future business plan CFO Barry McCarthy explains why Daniel Ek's company believes it will beat its rivals "like a drum"
News Facebook inks pan-European licensing deals with Wixen, Sacem and Socan News follows recent agreements with Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV
News Lyor Cohen talks YouTube, his exit from Warner Music and those Russell Simmons allegations at SXSW Veteren exec and YouTube's Global Head of Music gives wide-ranging keynote at SXSW
News Concord Music invests in digital marketing platform found.ee 'Concord has empowered us to enhance the product to be the system we always envisioned.'
Interviews ‘Success in the music business isn’t about money or titles – it’s about relationships.’ ABKCO Chief Operating Officer Alisa Coleman discusses her definition of success and lessons learned across a 30-year career in music
News Kobalt invests $150m in independent artists to challenge ‘stupidity’ of traditional major label deals AWAL recruiting 100 people to take on Universal, Sony and Warner with "extremely aggressive" A&R gameplan
News The major labels have committed to sharing Spotify equity money with artists. But what will they pay their indie label partners? Alison Wenham and Martin Mills speak out on Fair Digital Deals Declaration
News Universal: We WILL share Spotify money with artists when we sell our stock in streaming platform “Consistent with UMG’s approach to artist compensation, artists would share in the proceeds of a [Spotify] equity sale.”
News ICE Services signs multi-territory licensing deal with Facebook Deal aims to ensure music rightsholders are accurately compensated for the use of their works
Analysis News The great big Spotify scam: Did a Bulgarian playlister swindle their way to a fortune on streaming service? Did a canny scammer suck over $1m from Spotify's royalty pool last year?
News Concord execs to deliver keynote at Midem 2018 CEO Scott Pascucci, Chief Business Development Officer Steven Salm, and Chief Publishing Executive Jake Wisely join the line-up for the annual music conference in Cannes
News Kobalt signs global publishing deal with Enrique Iglesias Agreement covers star's entire song catalog
News Read: Letter sent to Grammys org by female Sony, Universal and Warner execs Full text of Michele Anthony, Jody Gerson, Julie Greenwald, Sylvia Rhone, Julie Swidler and Desiree Perez's letter