News Warner Records enters JV with Masked Records, formed by Masked Gorilla founder Roger Gengo Joint venture's first signing is breakout artist 2KBABY
News Deezer plans 2020 User-Centric Payment System pilot launch – if it can get rightsholders to sign up Companies that support Deezer’s UCPS proposal so far include Because Music, Wagram Music, Play Two, Idol and others
News UMPG names Thomas Vidovic as MD, Germany and SVP, Austria & Switzerland; Diana Muñoz promoted to SVP, Finance and Administration Both promotions are effective immediately
Analysis News Apple wanted to improve songwriter pay to $0.00091 per stream. Spotify and Google weren’t keen. Historical filings show why Spotify believes "lower royalty rates are critical" to the service's future
News Alibaba to acquire 20% of NetEase Cloud Music, say sources (UPDATE) Major league deal will take on Tencent Music Entertainment, owner of QQ Music, Kuwo and KuGou
News BMG expands international ambitions, appoints Andreas Katsambas as EVP, Latin America and Canada "BMG international’s network is already the biggest outside the established majors. This appointment marks the beginnings of a second-stage rollout of our services around the world."
News Marathon Music Group appoints James Farrelly as Global Trade Marketing Director Farrelly joins the company from Ministry of Sound Recordings/Sony Music UK
News Frank Briegmann at Universal Inside 2019: ‘We want the entire ecosystem of the music industry to grow with us’ Universal artists generated a total of 19.5bn streams in Germany in the first eight months of 2019
News EMPIRE launches Nashville division, hires Eric Hurt as VP of A&R Hurt will report directly to CEO/Founder Ghazi Shami
Analysis Interviews With $1bn in annual sales in BMG’s sights, Hartwig Masuch questions ‘irrational’ cost structure of traditional labels BMG's boss discusses his confidence in his own company... and his lack of confidence elsewhere
News The iconic Chrysalis Records has a new home – at fast-growing Reservoir Over 20,000 recordings joins Reservoir in 'turning point' for NYC-based company
News Warner Chappell Music signs Australian artist Tones and I Artist's single Dance Monkey hit No.1 in Australia, Norway, and Sweden
Interviews ‘Artists that can retain an authentic approach to social media are going to attract the fans who want to be most closely connected.’ UnitedMasters President Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood talks working with Beyoncé, innovating at Instagram and ambitions in her new role
Interviews ‘As an industry, the minute you start focusing only on the past, you’ve written your own obituary.’ Media magnate Strauss Zelnick looks back at his time in music...
News Will AI revolutionize the way artists make music and find samples? LANDR says yes… LANDR CEO Pascal Pilon talks AI, and why his company believes it can changed the landscape for musicians and songwriters...