Interviews ‘When superstars land here, we can handle it.’ Alec Boateng and Briony Turner of Atlantic Records UK talk A&R, breaking artists and being part of Max Lousada's Warner
News PRS for Music will now be paid 4% of concert ticket sales in the UK That's a 1% increase thanks to new tariff approved by Copyright Tribunal
Analysis Blog ‘Collecting societies are struggling to keep up with the influx of millions of lines of data.’ FUGA boss Pieter van Rijn on the future for licensing societies worldwide
News YouTube launches expanded music charts in 44 countries “Unfortunately with their update, Billboard is essentially saying that the music fans that count are those with credit cards.”
News Modern Sky to ship British producers to new Beijing studio Company partners with Stephen Budd Music after opening new facility in China
News SOCAN signs admin deal with Dutch Caribbean PRO Ducapro Ducapro to provide performance right administration services for music played on Dutch Caribbean Island radio stations
News Sound City Korea applications open for 2018 This is the fourth year that Sound City will take artists to MU:CON and Zandari Festa with Arts Council England backing
News Amazon Prime Video launches documentary series with Meek Mill Episodes detail rapper's fight for exoneration from the US criminal justice system
Analysis Blog ‘A golden age for music is dawning – with the old gatekeepers all but gone’ WIN chief Alison Wenham analyzes the music industry figures from the past two weeks
News Can Sony break another major new British artist out of Europe? After going platinum in France in Italy, will Tom Walker follow in the footsteps of George Ezra and Rag N Bone Man?
News Decca Records to release the Royal Wedding Ceremony Ceremony will be made available to stream globally for the first time
News Independent UK festivals commit to eliminating single use plastic by 2021 Plastic straws to be banned from events this festival season, kicking-off wider three-year pledge
News CTS Eventim acquires controlling stake in Vivo Concerti Clemente Zard will continue to manage the company's operations from Milan
Interviews ‘Artists are telling other artists about us.’ How Platoon is discovering huge breaking artists - and mystifying the major labels
News Music Support launches Recovery Specialist training program in the UK Event coming to London next month - and MBW is sponsoring two bursaries