Interviews Why Soundcharts, used by all three major record companies, is ‘not your typical music data aggregator’ Soundcharts CEO, David Weiszfeld, on the music industry's future evolution – and his company's role in it
News Sarah McCann appointed SVP, International Creative at Downtown Exec was most recently an A&R at Wide Eyed Entertainment
News Tim Zawada joins The Numero Group as Managing Director Zawada previously ran his own record label, Star Creature Universal Vibrations
News Round Hill IPO fund starts buying, spending $282m on hits recorded by The Beatles, Marvin Gaye and more Next up will be the purchase of a 29% stake in 100,000 copyrights once owned by Carlin
Analysis News What now for Kobalt? The small matter of a $500m-a-year publishing company, for starters… Following the sale of AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights, where does Willard Ahdritz's company go from here?
News The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Concord form joint venture Partnership will operate under the Easy Eye Sound label name and logo
News Sherrese Clarke Soares, CEO of $1bn-backed acquisition fund Tempo Music Investments, exits company "Despite the birthing of Tempo as a result of several years of hard work at Morgan Stanley, I made the decision to resign as CEO to start my own venture."
News Warner Music Group close to buying minority stake in Rotana Music (report) Talks 'could result in board approval as early as this week,' reports the Wall Street Journal
Interviews ‘Artists need to pay attention to their legacy and be very specific about it.’ "Lawyer-manager" John Branca on fighting for artists' rights, and the Michael Jackson story
News Sony/ATV signs new deal with songwriter Mark James, acquires rights for three of his songs Mark James has written songs including the Elvis Presley hits Suspicious Minds and Moody Blue
People: Sir Lucian GraingeChairman & CEO, Universal Music Group British executive Sir Lucian Grainge was knighted in 2016
News Primary Wave buys legendary Sun Records in $30m deal, including masters for Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis Deal includes multiple Johnny Cash recordings including I Walk the Line and Folsom Prison Blues
News Downtown acquires digital marketing platform Found.ee Platform is used by more than 25,000 artists and labels worldwide
News David Woirhaye named EVP and Global CFO of Warner Chappell Music He originally joined Warner Music Group in 2005
Company: Epic RecordsRecord Label Epic Records' catalog includes recordings by Michael Jackson, Travis Scott, Oasis, and Luther Vandross