News AEG teams with CJ LiveCity to build K-Pop themed entertainment complex & 20,000-cap arena in Seoul, South Korea Venue is projected to attract over 20m visitors annually
News Spotify inks exclusive podcast deal with Barack and Michelle Obama 'Connecting people with original and thoughtful creators — especially those with the ability to highlight underrepresented and indispensable narratives — is at the core of our mission.'
News DEAG acquires 51% majority interest in Germany-based promoter C2 Concerts C2 Concerts saw turnover of €7m in 2018
News Goldman Sachs says 1.15bn people will pay for music streaming by 2030, as it ups industry forecast 'Music In The Air' update brings optimistic news for record companies
News Live Nation invests in three female-led companies via first round of Women Nation Fund 'We started the Women Nation Fund to help expand the pool of female entrepreneurs in the live music space.'
News Lil Nas X rejected a $1 million-plus deal with Amuse before signing to Columbia Records 'My challenge would be: excuse me, what did Columbia actually do in this? He was doing millions of streams per day before they picked him up.'
News Warner buys indie hip-hop label Monsp Records in Finland Deal follows buyouts of Spinnin' Records and EMP by Warner in past two years
News Spanish collection society SGAE, plagued by corruption claims, kicked out of global PRO body CISAC 'The Wheel' finally catches up with SGAE
News ‘We are here to serve songwriters – we cut out middle-people as much as we can.’ Roberto Neri on the last four years at Downtown - and the future
News YouTube Music names Mabel as the UK’s first Artist on the Rise Artist was also nominated for the 2019 British Breakthrough Act at the BRITs
News Spotify music publishing champion exits amid songwriter pay fallout Adam Parness exits amid songwriter fallout
News Sofar Sounds raises $25m to help ‘scale the artist-fan connection globally’ Raise is being led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Ventures
News ‘Creativity is a muscle. It must be worked out. It must be pushed.’ Geffen boss Neil Jacobson on A&R, talking fast, the death of the album and much more
News Pro Music Rights inks deal with Billboard-charting act OG Maco 'The industry should take note that artists will no longer have to stand idle while their royalties are tied up in an opaque, antiquated system.'
Analysis News Spotify is encouraging artists to make their own podcasts using Anchor Why Spotify's new strategy could result in a clearer ROI at the platform