News Rob Stringer: ‘We are building a creative entertainment company of the future.’ "We have been determined to expand our business operations beyond the core of the recorded and publishing businesses."
News Having turned over $27m in 2018, Epidemic Sound is roasted by songwriter group for buy-out deals Epidemic responds by suggesting traditional industry is bothered by its "disruptive" model
Analysis News Who’s the biggest music publisher in the world? Sony's music publishing companies turned over more than a billion dollars in the first nine months of 2019
News Sony Music’s The Thread Shop inks global Jimi Hendrix merch deal Deal marks the first time artist's music, audiovisual releases and authorized merchandise will be available in one place
News Kobalt signs Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis to publishing deal Debut album, A Place We Knew, debuted at No.1 in Australia
News Rocío Guerrero joins Amazon Music as Global Head of Latin Music "I’m thrilled to come back to streaming with Amazon Music, who is poised to have a massive, positive impact on the Latin culture."
Interviews Brandon Creed: ‘Real artists are breaking very big, very fast… because there’s a thirst for superstars.’ Brandon Creed on modern management and building the careers of megastars like Bruno Mars and Lizzo
News Having spent $665m on songs, Hipgnosis now owns slices of Shape Of You and Uptown Funk Fund says that it now co-owns over 11,000 songs
News Taylor Swift is blocking sync uses of her masters now they’re owned by Scooter Braun Superstar's re-record strategy becomes clear...
News Reservoir signs Sam Sumser, co-writer of Lizzo’s Juice Nashville-based writer joins fast-growing rights company
News Def Leppard sign global administration deal with Sony/ATV Band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide
News Universal Music hires BBC exec Alice Webb as CEO of Eagle Rock Entertainment Exec was previously Director of the BBC's Children’s and Education department
News Merlin inks licensing deal in Africa with Boomplay, which now has 62m users Partnership follows licensing deals with Sony, Warner and Universal
News Sentric Music launches fund for emerging artists The Sentric Academy Fund will support 12 artists per year
News Warner launches $650m fund to do battle with music’s big spenders Most of the equity in Tempo fund comes from Providence Equity Partners