News Kobalt hires Silvia Montello as SVP, Supply Chain and Client Services Pete Dodge exits company after five years
News Frank Ocean lets rip at The Grammys. And really, who can blame him? 'I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful.'
News Razor & Tie’s 17m-selling Kidz Bop brand expands into UK with Universal Believe it or not, only three artists in history have had more Top 10 albums in the US
News Ticketmaster hires David Marcus to helm new music division New division to join artist services operation OnTour, the Venues & Promoters ticketing segment and club ticket platform TicketWeb
News Why did Sprint pay $200m for TIDAL? Sprint, majority-owned by Japanese giant Softbank, believes it can help TIDAL grow "substantially"
News Google generated $90bn last year, 6 times more than the global recorded music business Google turned over $89.5bn in 2016, with more than $79bn coming from ads
News HMV Canada to close 102 stores as it goes under owing $43m Labels and movie studios set to miss out on payment as firm meets sad end
News Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd saw revenues grow 10% last year Publisher's UK sales topped £53m in 12 months to end of March 2016
Interviews Spotify and Apple Music will struggle in China. Meet the reason why… Tencent's Andy Ng gives his view on the global market exclusively to MBW
News Universal: You’re all gonna have to trust us on this one… Universal SVP Jonathan Dworkin talks streaming, free vs. paid - and industry harmony
Interviews News Justin Tranter: ‘Being an artist sucks. I’m just going to be honest…’ Justin Tranter, one of modern pop's go-to songwriters, tells it how it is...
Interviews News Justin Tranter: ‘Being an artist sucks. I’m just going to be honest…’ Justin Tranter, one of modern pop's go-to songwriters, tells it how it is...
News Naz Idelji named Director of Compilations at Sony Music UK Exec moves into new role from recently-acquired Ministry Of Sound
News TIDAL sells 33% stake for $200m to Softbank-owned telco Sprint Service now valued at $600m as exclusive relationship begins to blossom
News [PIAS] acquires Inertia Music in Australia Like [PIAS], Inertia runs its own label as well as a distribution/services arm