BMG has appointed Zach Katz Executive Vice President, Creative, North America, effective as of August 1, 2012.He will oversee BMG...

Major league songwriter-producer Steve Mac has signed an exclusive publishing deal for his Rokstone publishing catalogue with BMG Chrysalis UK.Mac...

Europe’s manufacturing and creative industries have reacted with anger to a vote by the European Parliament which has dismissed the...

Sweden’s most successful rock singer Joakim Thåström – known simply as Thåström – has signed his first ever music publishing...

ARIA and APRA AMCOS have announced that their joint venture body MIPI has been renamed Music Rights Australia.The organisation is...

Independent US rock powerhouse Razor & Tie has signed a distribution and services deal for the UK and Europe with...

Warner Music UK has launched a new Artist and Label Services division, boasting a debut roster that includes new albums...

BMG Rights Management Italy has signed an exclusive songwriter agreement with notable Italian music figure, Samuele Bersani.Under the deal BMG...

Fdzone.org, an unlicensed music forum that is believed to have netted its operators US$1.5 million in profits, has been closed...

Canada’s Government has “declared war on the music business”, according to the largest independnet music publisher in the territory.The president...

BMG Rights Management (BMG) has acquired French independent music company Francis Dreyfus Music (Dreyfus).Founded in 1970 by Francis Dreyfus –...

BMG has signed a deal with GEMA in Germany which is says will ‘simplify the licensing and administration of online...

Merlin, which represents the commercial interests of leading indedendent labels, has signed a comprehensive licensing agreement with Paris-based global streaming...

Sweden’s leading independent distributor Border Music has signed an agreement with to combine forces in Scandinavia.The new joint venture will...

Zach Horowitz has been promoted to  Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) Worldwide, reporting to UMG boss...