Analysis News The music business has so much to learn from Epic Games From online retailing to virtual humans... the Fortnite maker is one step ahead on it all
Interviews ‘A great song is like a great script, somebody has to curate the vision.’ Atlantic Records' in-house producer Ebonie Smith discusses how she approaches production, lessons learned across her career, and why she’d like to do away with the term 'urban'
News Chris Gobalakrishna named SVP, Finance and Operations in Asia for Warner Music Exec joins from WorldVentures where he was the company’s CFO
News Music Venue Trust Launches #saveourvenues campaign in support of over 500 grassroots UK music venues 'We have received some magnificent support so far from music companies, but we need a lot more to step up.'
News Believe launches digital concert series fundraiser in support of 5,000 folk artists in India amid Coronavirus lockdown 'It is a critical time for all of us to play a part in helping sustain the livelihoods of these folk artists.'
News Spotify now enables fans to pay artists money direct, via Cash App and PayPal.me partnerships Long-awaited 'tipping' feature arrives through association with third-party apps
News Warner launches virtual PlayOn Fest in support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund WMG labels to play concert footage from the likes of Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Green Day, Cardi B, Ed Sheeran, Janelle Monáe and others
News Sonos launches ad-supported radio streaming service, including artist ‘Stations’ from Thom Yorke and David Byrne The new service brings together more than 60,000 stations from multiple streaming partners
News Apple Music expands into 52 (52!) new markets, upping presence in Africa and beyond Apple Music now in more than double the markets in which Spotify operates
Interviews Mike Dean: ‘Being a producer is more psychological than technical, for sure…’ Mike Dean, trusted collaborator of Kanye West and Travis Scott, on the music industry, his new album, and the art of production
News 2019 was a record year for Rap & Hip-Hop in the UK Rap and Hip-Hop releases comprised 21.5% of all consumption, up from 20.9% in 2018
News Songtradr offers artists free music distribution until September 30: ‘We’ve been doing what we can, but we need to do more.’ Songtradr previously sacrificed commission fees for sync to help artists hit by COVID-19
News How Warner Music Italy artist Ghali scored a No.1 album amidst the country’s Coronavirus lockdown 'Ghali is the voice of a generation and his fans have never needed him more.'
News Primary Wave Music Publishing acquires stake in catalog of The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward The Moody Blues have sold in excess of 70 million albums
News Allen Kovac’s Better Noise Entertainment launches film division Better Noise Films to develop feature films and other original content