Analysis News The music business’s biggest stories of the past week: Universal, Vivendi, Sony, Apple, Troy Carter Here's what caught our attention over the past seven days...
News A&R scouting platform Instrumental strikes deal with UK’s Official Charts Company UK-based platform raised over $4m earlier this year to drive global expansion
Analysis Spotify doesn’t cost $9.99 a month everywhere… and that makes a lot of sense. Why Spotify's reduced subscriptions in emerging markets makes for a smart business move
Interviews ‘Touts are crafty and aggressive – but we know this technology is very secure.’ AXS CEO Bryan Perez on the firm's new marketplace in the UK, which caps ticket resale profiteering at 10%
Interviews DEAG at 40: ‘We’re like an armada, ploughing through the sea.’ CMO Detlef Kornett talks us through the history of a live music giant
Interviews ’As a manager, if you want something for your client, you have to be really bullish.’ Vector Management's Ken Levitan on his life and the industry today
News Official: Spotify’s Tuma Basa joins YouTube as Director of Urban Music Exec joined Spotify in 2015 and grew RapCaviar to more than 9m followers
News Tixserve partners with Ireland’s largest indie ticket provider tickets.ie tickets.ie processes 2.7 million tickets annually for entertainment events across Ireland including sports, arts, music and theatre
Interviews Who is Sat Bisla? The MUSEXPO founder explains his journey through the music business - and his philosophy on life
Analysis The music business’s gender pay gap is embarrassing and uncomfortable. It’s time for change. MBW Contributing Editor, Rhian Jones, gives her take on the news
News Men make up 65% of top earners at PRS For Music in the UK Average rate of pay across whole company is 17.2% lower for females vs. males
News Maverick hires Meredith Gardner as SVP of Digital Former Capitol exec has worked with the likes of Sam Smith, Beck and Migos
News Coalition Agency hires Anthony Norris as MD, Owen Kent as Creative Director – Claire Horseman joins as Non-Exec Trio join CEO Guy Robinson at London-based company
News Spotify’s RapCaviar chief, Tuma Basa, exits company a day after it filed to go public Ex-MTV exec has grown RapCaviar to nearly 9m global subscribers
News Alisann Blood joins Maverick as SVP, Brand Partnerships Ex-Crush and Capitol Music Group exec joins Greg Thompson