News BMG bolsters Production Music team as US regional head Mitch Lijewski steps down UK Managing Director John Clifford promoted to a global role with Sinéad Hartmann and Darrel Shirk to take over the management of operations in the US
Analysis News Sony Music generated $3.8bn in 2017, as streaming revenues jumped 33% Streaming generated more than $1.5bn for major record company over last year
Interviews ‘Our artists won in so many categories, every piece of this building is celebrating.’ Atlantic co-Chairmen Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman on a historic night for the label
News The state51 Music Group consolidates businesses ahead of global expansion Company accepted onto the London Stock Exchange’s ELITE programme, which supports ambitious global companies with high growth potential
News Former Warner streaming exec launches artist-friendly record label Playlists.net founder Kieron Donoghue to lead streaming-focused independent label, Humble Angel Records
News YouTube commits to assigning ID numbers to songwriters and artists ISNI aims to ensure that 'every published work can be unambiguously attributed to its creator'
News UMPG partners with song data hub Auddly Pilot initiative seeks to improve metadata tracking and ensure the rights of music creators
News Pete Ganbarg named President of A&R at Atlantic Records Veteran exec promoted to newly created role
News Concord reveals leadership team for worldwide publishing business Jake Wisely appointed Chief Publishing Executive of Concord Music
News Reservoir promotes Rell Lafargue to President and Chief Operating Officer “Reservoir is already home to some of the best talent in the business and we’re only just getting started"
News ASCAP veteran DeDe Burns joins Royalty Exchange New position created to support and advocate for songwriters and other rightsholders
News Facebook inks licensing deals with Kobalt, HFA/Rumblefish and Global Music Rights Opt-in agreement secured by SESAC for independent pubcos
News Kobalt hires Google Ventures’ Avid Larizadeh Duggan to lead global strategy Exec moves over from Kobalt investor Google Ventures
News Dubset inks deal with TIDAL to distribute remixes on streaming platform Platform now distributes to Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL