News Round Hill raises $263m for more acquisitions Growing independent publisher set to continue acquisition spree
News Live Nation launches event production arm Redrock is helmed by Ford Englerth as President, who founded the company in 2002
News Official: Round Hill buys Carlin in historic nine-figure deal Over 100,000 copyrights acquired by US-based business
News L.A Reid has raised $75m for new label venture, say sources Exec is understood to have moved into new offices this week
News Addictions and mental health charity Music Support to stage training events in London Veteran Manager Bill Curbishley and Warner Chappell UK Managing Director Mike Smith lined up to speak
News Vevo revenues rise 30% to hit $650m in 2017, profitability forecast in 2018 Video streaming service on course to turn a profit by early 2018
Interviews ‘Once you’ve found creative chemistry, stick with it and great things will come.’ Ali Tamposi is the latest entrant in our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News Universal and YouTube agree multi-year global licensing deal Sir Lucian Grainge praises "important step forward" in relationship with digital giant
News Deezer plants flag in music identification space with SongCatcher Move follows Apple’s $400m purchase of Shazam earlier this month
Analysis News If Spotify’s worth $19bn… what’s the value of Daniel Ek’s stake? If Ek still owns a 10% holding in company, he's sitting pretty
News Vevo boss Erik Huggers out after two years as CEO Vevo currently believed to be turning over around $500m a year
News BMG is the biggest record company in Germany this week Bertelsmann-owned firm leapfrogs Universal to take No.1 spot
Interviews David Joseph: ‘We creatively empower our artists globally. I’m proud of that.’ How David Joseph fixates on, copes with and ultimately succeeds at running the UK’s largest record company…
Analysis News Shazam might have cost Apple $400m, but it will pay for itself handsomely Will music identification app prove to be an essential subscriber funnel for Apple?
Interviews Merck Mercuriadis’ Five golden rules for good artist management Veteran artist manager Merck Mercuriadis discusses the thorny issue of remuneration, the true meaning of innovation and how to make good decisions