Interviews ‘Songwriters should be prepared to go through a lot of stuff to get to the real thing.’ Motown songwriting royalty Valerie Simpson is our latest World's Greatest Songwriters interviewee
News Mute Song goes fully independent in the US in ‘essential next step’ for publisher London-born company is home to music by Nick Cave, Swans and many more
News SoundCloud launches Discover Weekly-style new music playlist 'SoundCloud Weekly playlists will feature multiple times more creators than are featured in playlists on other streaming services'
News Warner/Chappell hires Rich Robinson as EVP, Sync and Creative Services Exec moves across from SVP role at Warner Music
Analysis Blog Vine and Musical.ly transformed the music industry – then they disappeared. Will history repeat itself? What does the death of innovative (and beneficial) digital music platforms mean for the future of the business?
News Songtradr hires Clare Nicholls as Chief Financial Officer Fast-growing music licensing platform announces senior hire
Analysis Blog Spotify profit payouts: What’s the fairest way to recompense artists? Annabella Coldrick of the Music Managers Forum dissects the main players to examine how they're distributing cash windfall
Interviews Concord has spent over $1bn on acquisitions in the past 14 years. Meet the exec sniffing out the deals. Steve Salm on building up a business which will turn over more than $400m this year
News Grammy-winning producers The Stereotypes launch joint publishing venture with eOne Company also inks direct publishing deal with Ray Charles McCullough II
Interviews How to manage The Rolling Stones: ‘If you start taking it for granted, that’s doomsday.’ Joyce Smith, manager of The Rolling Stones, on being in the center of the storm
News TIDAL expands into Africa via MTN partnership – with monthly subs costing $4 (or less) Tie up with telco could reach over 10m customers in continent
News Spotify is going big on podcasts to help fix its troubled finances Joe Budden Podcast comes exclusively to platform, as Ebb & Flow launches with vodka sponsor
News Downtown Music Publishing acquires over 3,000 film and TV music rights Publisher acquires music from Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Project Runway and The Real World
News Amazon Music unleashes major ad campaign, A Voice is All You Need Campaign features Ariana Grande, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Queen, and Kane Brown
News Cinq Music partners with Janet Jackson for new music Recording and distribution deal covers upcoming single ‘Made For Now’ featuring Daddy Yankee