News Theda Sandiford upped to SVP, International Commerce & Digital Marketing at Republic, Island, Def Jam Sandiford previously served as Vice President of Commercial Partnerships, Streaming at Universal Music Group
News Universal becomes first major to license Africa’s biggest streaming platform, Boomplay Boomplay is jointly owned by two large-scale Chinese companies
Music Business Jobs UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Universal Music – Royalty Manager (UK) Role requires proven experience of delivering royalty processes at a managerial levelJob type: Licensing/RightsLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
News Universal and Elton John sign global deal covering records, publishing, merch and more Global deal sees Universal companies working across multiple rights for British star
Music Business Jobs UMPG Universal Music Publishing Group – Director, NA Royalty (US) Strong ability to explain financials and analysis including royalty calculations and performance metrics requiredJob type: FinanceLocation: Franklin, United StatesApplications for this position have now closed.
Analysis Blog Spotify profit payouts: What’s the fairest way to recompense artists? Annabella Coldrick of the Music Managers Forum dissects the main players to examine how they're distributing cash windfall
News Jacqueline Saturn promoted to President of Caroline Saturn also continues to run Harvest Records at Capitol Music Group
News Decca Records President Rebecca Allen to receive Honorary Doctorate in the UK Exec started her career at the BBC before joining Universal in 1999
News Caroline partners with manager Justin Goldman to launch label JustGold First signing is London-based singer Millie Go Lightly
Analysis News The major labels now turn over more than $1bn a month. But who’s ruling 2018? Streaming revenues at the major labels have almost doubled over the past two years
Analysis What happens when artists and record labels build and buy their own media companies? Cherie Hu breaks down the increasing similarities between 'music companies' and 'media companies'
News Universal Music Sweden appoints Jael Steinberg as Head of International Sony Music exec jumps to rival to take up new position in Nordics
News Universal signs YouTube star Lele Pons to global recordings deal Pons has more than 10m subscribers on YouTube
News Universal and Sony are now turning over more than $500k from streaming every hour And they're both generating over $1m an hour from all formats...
News Universal now generating over $50m every week from streaming – overall label revenues jumped 7.4% in H1 2018 Publishing revenues grew 11.1% in the period