Analysis Interviews With $1bn in annual sales in BMG’s sights, Hartwig Masuch questions ‘irrational’ cost structure of traditional labels BMG's boss discusses his confidence in his own company... and his lack of confidence elsewhere
News Bucks Music Group inks admin deal with Australia’s Gaga Music for the UK & Ireland Gaga Music has offices in Melbourne and Sydney
News UMPG signs Brazilian entertainment company KondZilla to global administration agreement The KondZilla YouTube channel has over 50.6m subscribers
News The iconic Chrysalis Records has a new home – at fast-growing Reservoir Over 20,000 recordings joins Reservoir in 'turning point' for NYC-based company
News Vevo lands on tens of millions of new devices as firm expands smart TV strategy with Vewd New agreement comes after success on Amazon Fire TV earlier this year
News Sentric ups Simon Pursehouse to Global Director of Music Services, Sabine Douglas to Head of Business Operations Ashley Smith also joins as Finance Manager, while Luke Montague joins as Royalty Manager
News Hipgnosis Songs Fund raises another $63m, taking acquisition warchest above $500m to date "This is not only great for the investors but the songwriting and artistic community as well."
News Tencent Music under investigation by China’s antitrust authority – report Investigation could end exclusive licensing deals with majors
News Will AI revolutionize the way artists make music and find samples? LANDR says yes… LANDR CEO Pascal Pilon talks AI, and why his company believes it can changed the landscape for musicians and songwriters...
Analysis All Eyez on eOne: Is the music industry’s next big money sell-off imminent? After being snapped up for just $6.6m in 2013, is Death Row Records about to be acquired again?
News ADA Worldwide partners with Incubus on global distribution deal Deal has been signed in conjunction with the band’s own label of the same name
News Ugandan superstar Irene Ntalé signs ‘major deal’ with Universal Music Group Nigeria She is the first artist from Uganda to sign to Universal Music Group
Analysis Apple Music Connect: What could it have become if it wasn’t scrapped? Had Apple committed to its social media platform a little more, could it have taken on Insta and TikTok?
News AWAL partners with UK-based indie label Juicebox Recordings & signs artists Franc Moody & Joe Hertz Juicebox is the creation of Adam Callan and Becky Tong
News Taylor Swift is getting friendly with Spotify ahead of her new album, Lover. Times have changed. In the lead-up to launch day, two former foes are getting remarkably cozy...