News AWAL partners with Icelandair To Bring ‘A World Artists Love’ showcase to Iceland Airwaves; Alison Donald to Keynote Festival’s Music Conference Iceland Airwaves Showcase to Feature Performances from Millie Turner, Joesef, Yaeger and More
Analysis Spotify’s market cap value has fallen by $15bn in 14 months. Is declining ARPU freaking investors as much as record companies? Without a hardware 'get out', is Spotify's global pricing strategy on a road to nowhere?
News Silver Lake acquires entertainment & ticketing giant TEG TEG delivers 30 million tickets annually
News Nuclear Blast bolsters leadership team in Europe with appointment of Antje Lange & Jens Prueter Prueter to lead A&R for Europe and Lange to become Chief Operating Officer
Interviews News Rob Stringer talks Sony’s strategy, Tencent/Universal… and why music is worth more than ‘2 minutes of someone snoring in Lapland’ Sony Music Group Chairman & CEO gives his thoughts on the modern marketplace
News Radio platform Stationhead, which counts Kevin Liles & Downtown as investors, adds on-demand content Music is streamed through Apple Music and Spotify integrations
News Simon Fuller picks AWAL as global partner for pop group Now United Deal offers global distribution, marketing strategy and playlist pitching
News Sony Music promotes Mark Cavell and Per Hauber to lead Masterworks & Classical Division Cavell will become President of Sony Masterworks and Hauber will become President of Sony Classical
News What’s the UK’s Song Of The Year? Songs performed by Stormzy, Mabel, Lewis Capaldi and more will duke it out
News Universal launches Def Jam South East Asia and Astralwerks Asia UMG also announces arrival of Ingrooves & Spinnup for the region
News Kobalt hires Sebastien Cayla as Director of Synch and Brand Partnerships, France & Belgium Exec was previously Head of Synch at Warner Chappell Music France
News As predicted, Amazon launches $15-per-month hi-def music streaming service, Amazon Music HD “Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses," says Neil Young
News UK artists Aitch, L Devine and Easy Life join Deezer NEXT 2019 development program Program provides artists with 12 months of marketing and editorial support
Interviews How Lewis Capaldi became a billion-stream superstar – according to his manager, Ryan Walter "Musically, he’s my favourite artist of all time. I know that probably sounds lame, but it’s true."
News Warner on Lily Allen’s alleged assault perpetrator: ‘We understand he wasn’t and isn’t our employee.’ Company CEO says Allen's account is "deeply disturbing and obviously an appalling thing to have happened"