News Secretly Distribution leaves physical Warner/ADA deal to sign with AMPED Artists signed to Secretly Distribution labels include Sharon Van Etten, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Angel Olsen and Tycho
Analysis English-language music is losing its stranglehold on global pop charts – and YouTube is driving the change When YouTube’s charts say what's popular, you better believe it. And, right now, "what's popular" applies increasingly less to U.S. pop stars.
News PledgeMusic in discussions with ‘several interested parties’ over acquisition or partnership "These conversations, if successful, would lead to a transaction which would allow us to meet all of our outstanding obligations."
News Sony Music streaming revenues topped $2bn in 2018, as total sales hit $3.9bn Sony's overall annual recorded music revenues in 2018 grew by 1.7%
News Why is SiriusXM buying Pandora in a $3.5bn deal – and what’s it going to do with a music streaming platform? The biggest deal of 2019 so far should close by the end of this week
News Warner Music inks wide-ranging deal with Istanbul-based Doğan Group Deal ranges from video content creation to physical distribution
Interviews ‘My challenge to myself is: make sure you’re writing with people who make you better.’ World's Greatest Songwriters: Tayla Parx
News Symphonic Distribution to host inaugural Music Industry Sessions event in Puerto Rico The series of events is for independent artists, producers, and singer-songwriters
Analysis News These might be the 5 most powerful people in the music business – despite none of them working in the music business Who are the bosses of the music industry's bosses?
News Cooking Vinyl Publishing signs UK songwriter Matty Benbrook Benbrook has collaborated with a long list of artists including Paolo Nutini, James Morrison and Lana Del Rey
Interviews News Article 13: Music industry optimistic that re-drafted text can still crush YouTube ‘Value Gap’ John Phelan, Director General of publishers' global body the ICMP, weighs in on the status of the Copyright Directive
News ‘This is becoming the Fyre Fest of crowdfunding’: Anger grows as PledgeMusic owns up to late payments 'We acknowledge that many artists have and continue to experience payment delays.'
News Napster has a new majority owner, as RealNetworks doubles its stake in a deal worth up to $40 million RealNetworks has doubled its previous stake of around 42% to approximately 84%
Interviews ‘This is the most exciting time for music publishing I’ve ever known.’ Concord's Kim Frankiewicz on her career, the modern publishing business and pushing women forward
News Will Liberty Media, piece by piece, become king of the global music business? One conglomerate could soon have a stake in SEVEN billion-dollar music companies