News BMG Production Music acquires Deep East Music and Tele Music Deep East owns labels such as DEM, Zest and Scorched Score
News YouTube Music is on a worldwide recruitment blitz for senior executives Over 15 senior music roles are currently advertised by Google-owned company
News Concord acquires independent Latin music company Fania 'To have the opportunity to add a crown jewel of Latin music like Fania, with its incredible roster of artists and songwriters, excites all of us at Concord.'
News Universal Music Publishing Group ups David Kokakis to Chief Counsel Exec has handled deals with Facebook, YouTube and key songwriters
Analysis Blog Music piracy: It’s time to acknowledge the unlicensed elephant in the room MUSO's Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy
News Drake has generated over $100m on Apple Music and Spotify alone Canadian superstar has racked up over 23bn streams on the two services
News BMG signs wide-ranging rights deal with Cat Stevens More than 50 years of Steven's songs and many of his recordings are included in the new deal
Interviews Merck Mercuriadis wants to raise a billion dollars. And then he wants to change the face of the music business. The veteran manager tells MBW why hes raising such vast sums of money to buy copyrights
News Is Instagram about to become the music industry’s new best friend? The Facebook-owned social media platform has transformed itself - and artists are noticing
News BMG acquires rights to TV music series Live From Daryl’s House Deal adds to BMG audio-visual roster
News Hi-def streaming service Qobuz hired Dan Mackta as MD in the USA David Soloman and Ted Cohen also join firm's US-based company
Analysis News Spotify is worth more than $33bn, as stock price hits another all-time high Market value of Pandora has also soared over the past three months
News Big Deal Music Group signs global admin agreement with Sounds of Memphis/XL Records Deal includes music by artists such as The Minits, The Ovations, Barbara & The Browns and Lou Williams
News Publisher One77 Music launches with $27m in assets plus capital investment Ex-Atlas and UMPG exec Jennifer Blakeman heads up new venture
News Rolling Stones renew deal with Universal Music Group in ‘expansive worldwide agreement’ Deal covers all Rolling Stones albums after Sticky Fingers, up to 2016's Grammy-winning Blue & Lonesome