News FUGA signs Ignition deal as it bulks up US client roster The likes of Primal Scream, Courteeners and The Coral will be distributed by Dutch firm
News Primary Wave acquires rights to music of pianist Glenn Gould News comes four months after Primary Wave's $5m Rough Trade Publishing deal
News Hip-hop producer XL, aka Trevon Campbell, signs global deal with Reservoir XL was behind Migos's double-platinum hit T-Shirt
News Warner/Chappell inks admin deal with Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Publishing Deal includes works from the likes of Autoerotique, Garmiani, Henry Fong, Max Styler, Ookay, QUIX and Shaun Frank
News Uncategorized Cooking Vinyl inks exclusive deal with Alibaba’s Xiami in China "Cooking Vinyl is very excited that Alibaba / Xiami are opening the door for them to the new emerging Chinese market and is honoured to be their first Western record company partner."
News Concord keeps faith with Imagem as it eyes further acquisitions Scott Pascucci and his senior team set out fast-growing company's strategy
News Reservoir signs multi-Platinum-selling songwriter Dave Bassett Bassett has written major hits for the likes of Rachel Platten and Elle King
Analysis Blog ‘There are 365m people in China willing to pay for entertainment. The music market is about to explode.’ LiHui Shen runs China's biggest independent record label. He's feeling very optimistic about the future.
News Sony/ATV re-signs global admin deal for wealth of Michael Jackson songs Mijac Music catalog also covers Sly & The Family Stone songs, in addition to other classics
Interviews Chess Club: ‘We are on the cusp of halcyon days’ Chess Club has spent the last 10 years at the cutting edge of British A&R. Here we chat to founders Will Street and Peter McGaughrin
Analysis Why Spotify’s ‘fake artists’ issue, like so much in streaming, comes back to transparency BASCA's Vick Bain on why Swedish service should make 'everything clearer' for songwriters - and for listeners
Interviews ‘There are an immense number of songwriters not making enough money to live on’ Wixen Music boss Randall Wixen on the value of music and the future for publishing
News Concord buys yet again in multi-million dollar deal with Warner Recordings from Jewel, Sergio Mendes and more included in latest divestment agreement
News UMPG promotes Kevin Cady to dual finance and strategy role Cady joined UMPG in 2005 and most recently served as Vice President of Global Finance
Interviews Naughty Boy: ‘Marty Bandier taught me to be a bit of a gangsta at publishing’ How Shahid Khan's publishing empire at Naughty Words has evolved and expanded