Interviews Amuse is capable of offering $1m-plus advances. What’s its long-term game plan? Amuse CEO Diego Farias explains how he's building a record label fully attuned to the needs of artists in the digital age
News DistroKid partners with Audible Magic to verify music authenticity Distributor also launches free service called DistroLock
News Old Town Road originator BeatStars reaches $50m in royalties paid out to producers Company earned over $20 million for its active producers in 2018 alone
Analysis Why spend $4.1bn on A&R? Because new artists are accelerating streaming’s growth. Some more good news for Lil Nas X and his contemporaries...
News Lewis Capaldi tops a million album sales worldwide with Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent The album is also the fastest selling UK debut of 2019 with 90,000 albums sold in the first week
News Goldman Sachs says 1.15bn people will pay for music streaming by 2030, as it ups industry forecast 'Music In The Air' update brings optimistic news for record companies
News Lil Nas X rejected a $1 million-plus deal with Amuse before signing to Columbia Records 'My challenge would be: excuse me, what did Columbia actually do in this? He was doing millions of streams per day before they picked him up.'
News SoundCloud Go+ launches in Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland SoundCloud Go+ and SoundCloud’s free, ad-supported tier are now available in 14 countries
News Ole Obermann in surprise exit from Warner Music Group Chief Digital Officer exits after three years with major record company
News Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee to receive Music Industry Trusts Award 2019 Award will be presented on November 4 at a ceremony held in aid of the BRIT Trust and Nordoff Robbins
News Having raised $12.5m to date, Stem quits DIY distribution, increases its fees and focuses on ‘top performing artists’ Firm launches 'Stem Direct' which it says will super-serve VIP artists
News Can the major labels overcome these 5 threats in the years ahead? European revenues, piracy, and the growth in streaming platform strength are all challenges
News Why did Lil Nas X sign to Columbia? Ron Perry’s Instagram profile helped. How the Columbia CEO & Chairman's Insta profile played a crucial role in the song of the summer
Interviews ‘Songwriters and publishers should never be an afterthought for digital services.’ Apple Music's global publishing head, Elena Segal, on the industry, those CRB appeals, and her career to date
News FUGA hires Domino’s Jason Reed and Proper Music Group’s Kameil Sattar Reed, Domino's ex-Head of Digital, starts at FUGA next month