News Songwriter Corey Hart signs exclusive global publishing admin deal with peermusic The deal is a joint signing between peermusic’s Canadian and American offices
News Cooking Vinyl Publishing signs UK songwriter Matty Benbrook Benbrook has collaborated with a long list of artists including Paolo Nutini, James Morrison and Lana Del Rey
News R. Kelly may have been ‘dropped’ – but he’s still making nice money from streaming The singer/songwriter's reputation is in tatters – but he's still coining it in from his back catalog
News Universal’s investment in Pluto TV pays off as startup sells to Viacom for $340m Major invested in Pluto in November 2014, alongside Nas's investment vehicle
News Royalty Exchange passes $50 million in transactions since 2016 Figure was achieved through 535 separate transactions, says company
News Logic manager Chris Zarou launches Sony Music imprint, Visionary Records Zarou is the founder and CEO of artist management company Visionary Music Group
Interviews ‘This is the most exciting time for music publishing I’ve ever known.’ Concord's Kim Frankiewicz on her career, the modern publishing business and pushing women forward
News Will Liberty Media, piece by piece, become king of the global music business? One conglomerate could soon have a stake in SEVEN billion-dollar music companies
News Sony Music parts with R. Kelly – report R. Kelly's back catalog will reportedly remain with Sony-owned RCA
Interviews Ditto: ‘We have the same level setup as a major – but we offer better deals.’ Founder Lee Parsons says Ditto label services revenues grew 30% last year in new MBW interview
News Michele Nadelman joins Warner Bros. Records as CFO Nadelman joins WBR following 12 years at Concord Music
News Spotify could launch in India by the end of the month – report The company 'is rumored to be hosting a launch party' in Mumbai at the end of the month
News Vinyl-on-demand service Qrates inks first major label imprint partnership with Warner Music’s Run Out Groove Qrates will provide the label with manufacturing and D2C solutions
News Entertainment One hires UK music attorney Gary Mandel as Vice President Creative Mandel previously served as a partner at SSB Solicitors for the last 25 years
News Spotify inks global content deal with Indian Bollywood specialist T-Series T-Series' 160,000 song-catalog is now available on Spotify