Interviews ‘Dare I say it: no major label can offer what we can at the moment’ Dave Pichilingi on Sound City 2017 - and what its new Chinese investor brings to the table
News Why did Max Lousada just poach Channel 4’s ‘creative superstars’ to join Warner? Chris Bovill and John Allison will join Warner Music UK to run The Firepit in the summer
News Rebranded SFX hires ex-Universal exec Chris Monaco as CRO Monaco spent four years at Universal in strategic marketing and brand development
News Downtown Music Publishing bolsters team with ten new hires The news comes soon after a shopping spree for the company
News German promoter FKP Scorpio hires Freddie de Wall as COO Wall joins from Heinrich & de Wall Artist and Music Management
News Drake’s OVO Sound signs expanded deal with Warner Bros PARTYNEXTDOOR and others covered by distribution-plus agreement
News Sony/ATV signs worldwide deal with Becky Hill New solo material will be released independently later this year
News Jack White signs first ever global publishing deal with UMPG During his 20-year career, White has amassed 170 songwriting credits, including collaborations with Beyoncé and Alicia Keys
Interviews Jason Flom: ‘Unless you’re 100% sure your artist is wrong, go with their vision’ Jason Flom on A&R, signing Lorde, working with Republic - and getting fired
News The music business ‘must not be lulled into complacency’ as it returns to growth Universal's EVP of Digital, Michael Nash, on the music biz's future potential
News Spotify is developing its own hardware – inspired by Amazon’s Echo The Pebble Watch and Snap's Spectacles both cited by streaming company in new job ad
News PRS payouts grew 11% in 2016 – but costs rose 14.6% to top £80m Costs grew faster on percentage basis than the increase in payouts
Interviews ‘First we’re gonna take London. Then we’re gonna take the world’ Quality Control founders Coach K and Pee talk Migos, Lil Yachty, Stefflon Don - and global domination
News YouTube settlement helps push GEMA collections up 15% in 2016 Online income more than doubled to total €81.6m while money earned from hardware that hosts music increased 500% €97.9m
News Music VR platform Endless Riff welcomes Mike Rich, Benji Rogers to Advisory Board Huka Entertainment's Evan Harrison also joins board