News Mike Jbara leaves Warner after 20 years to head up HD music firm MQA High def audio firm welcomes former WEA and ADA exec as CEO
News Zach Katz takes charge at BMG in the US as Laurent Hubert steps down Katz moves up after becoming US publishing boss just four months ago
News Independent labels have a 37.6% global market share, says new report Mark Mulligan research bases figure on rights ownership, rather than distribution
News Warner becomes first major to sign deal with HD music firm MQA Atlantic's Craig Kallman excited by possibility of HD streaming
News Lucian Grainge: Sir George Martin was ‘one of the world’s most creative talents’ 'He brought so much joy to so many people'
News SoundExchange appoints A2IM’s Richard James Burgess to its Board Trade body boss to rep indies on licensing group's board
News iHeartRadio surpasses 80m registered listeners Grows 10m on its registered listener base last year
Blog What’s the point of A&R? Writer and former label man Ben Wardle on why A&R still matters in the SoundCloud age
News Universal Music Group is becoming a proper Hollywood studio Theatre producer and movie bigwig join music company in US
News A2IM appoints Richard James Burgess as CEO after 6 month search Exec moves over from position as A2IM Chairman
Analysis How Global Release Day has stuffed Thanksgiving week in the US Has the new Friday release date put the kibosh on a key sales opportunity for labels?
News Sony strikes deal with live concert recording specialist Set.fm First gig to benefit will be Bomba Estereo
Blog Streaming + ticketing + data: A new frontier for the music industry Cooking Vinyl's Sammy Andrews on the music biz's converging elements
News Hartwig Masuch: 7 years of the ‘new’ BMG has been ‘a force for good’ BMG boss says his firm has helped keep the majors honest
News BMG pays £10m to acquire rights to Walking On Sunshine Music company looks to make money back through sync