News Ticketmaster hires David Marcus to helm new music division New division to join artist services operation OnTour, the Venues & Promoters ticketing segment and club ticket platform TicketWeb
Analysis Apple owns $246bn in cash. What’s it willing to spend on ruling music? Tim Cook is ready to acquire and wants original content. What could that mean for music?
News MBW was read by 1.8m users last year, generating 4.4m page views Website traffic jumps 67%; MBW's email services now reach 30,000 subscribers
News Eventbrite acquires self-service ticketing rival Ticketscript Move makes Eventbrite Europe's third-largest ticketing supplier
News AEG buys stake in The Bowery Presents – and claims to be New York’s No.1 promoter Independent promoter puts on more than 2,500 events every year
News FRUKT and Rogers & Cowan align under singular leadership structure Two agencies employ more than 250 marketing execs worldwide
News Warner Music veteran named Amazon’s Director Of Ticketing Peryer spent over four years at Warner Music after joining as CEO, Artist Arena, in 2012
Analysis News The global music copyright business is worth more than you think – and grew by nearly $1bn last year Spotify's economics chief Will Page explains how both publishing and records are growing
Interviews Steve Barnett on running Capitol: ‘Your faith has to be greater than your fear’ The Universal exec talks about Lucian Grainge, industry politics and his years at Columbia
News Liz Morentin named EVP of Comms at Warner Bros Records Former Dick Clark Productions exec joins Cameron Strang's label
News Secondary ticketing: who adds the highest fees? Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic worldwide tour has sold out in one day, except it hasn’t
News Ticketmaster launches resale site Seatwave in Finland and Sweden Ticketing giant’s resale platform now in 16 markets
Analysis Blog Ticket touts made $3m from the last Mumford & Sons tour. $0 went back to the music industry. Everybody's Management founder Adam Tudhope pens pointed blog about secondary ticketing
News Peter Rudge to receive prestigious Peter Grant Award in November Rudge has managed The Who, The Rolling Stones and many more
News ‘Eye-popping’ Game Of Thrones concert set to tour North America in 2017 Composer Ramin Djawadi will be joined by a full orchestra, choir and 'state of the art technology'