News Kobalt Music signs global deal with Eric Church’s publishing company Little Louder Worldwide and creative publishing deal covers future works and all back catalogue
Interviews Merck Mercuriadis’ Five golden rules for good artist management Veteran artist manager Merck Mercuriadis discusses the thorny issue of remuneration, the true meaning of innovation and how to make good decisions
News BMG promotes Allegra Willis Knerr to VP, Film & TV Licensing Megan Goldstein, Chris Etscheid and Corey Brulé also promoted
News UK music startup Beatroot falls into liquidation Five staff made redundant at Manchester-based company
Interviews ‘A&R isn’t something you can just wake up one day and do – it takes time.’ Jo Charrington is our latest interviewee in MBW's Inspiring Women series
News SONGS has agreed to sell for around $160m, say sources MBW understands that the deal is set to be confirmed by end of 2017
News Kobalt inks licensing deal in China with NetEase Cloud Music NetEase boasts over 400m unique users
News Spotify and Tencent Music look set to acquire a stake in each other Game-changing deal said to come ahead of mutual IPO attempts
News Bucks to power Autonomy Music Group’s new publishing arm 'Autonomy Music Group is one of the most respected names in the independent music community'
News Because Music expands into the US, signs new Universal deal Agreement covers physical distribution, marketing and promotion
News Swedish indie buys rights to Estelle’s American Boy from Warner Woah Dad! puts itself on the map with divestments acquisitions
News Warner licenses streaming service Anghami and its 50m users Major also signs deal to license the Mdundo App in Africa
News BMG hires Tom ‘Grover’ Biery as EVP, Recorded Music in US Exec previously worked at Concord Music