News Kobalt appoints Jesse Willoughby as GM of Nashville operation Exec first joined Kobalt in 2014 from ASCAP
News Sony’s historic buyout of Sony/ATV: 5 things you need to know Sony is now edging towards becoming a $5bn music company
News Rough Trade Publishing sold as Geoff Travis returns to business Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee return to work with Cathi Gibson in the UK
News Jeremy Lascelles launches independent publisher, backed by Chris Wright Blue Raincoat clearly models itself on Chrysalis Music and Virgin Records
News Sony to buy entirety of Sony/ATV from Jackson estate in $750m deal Estate will hold onto its stake in EMI Music Publishing
News Kobalt signs partnership with Glee producer’s Deep Well Publishing Adam and Nikki Anders ink wide-ranging publishing agreement with Sas Metcalfe
News John Fogarty’s New Songs signs admin deal for Elvis hits and more Songs recorded by The Beatles, Roy Orbison also included in deal
News UMPG’s Jennifer Drake moves to Sony/ATV as Senior Director, A&R Exec switches to Los Angeles-based position at publisher
News Downtown Music Publishing launches JV with US indie Mom + Pop Neon Indian is first signing to publishing venture
News New publisher from ex-Sony/ATV and Imagem execs inks global Elvis deal Peter Raleigh and Steven Storch launch Raleigh Music Group
News Music companies will have to rely on Chinese firms to publish content in market New laws come into effect on March 10
News Imagem signs R2G distribution deal in China R2G has previously struck deals with the likes of INgrooves and Lyricfind
News Sentric Music hires publishing veteran Peter McCamley as Creative Director Exec has previously worked at ATV, Chappell, P&P and in a JV with Nettwerk Music
News Canada is now giving the music biz $30m a year. Will the UK follow suit? British Columbia joins Ontario, giving rights-holders and venues $15m
News Grimes signs to Sony/ATV’s new JV, leaving behind Kobalt deal Jack Antonoff company Rough Customer welcomes first client