‘Shameless’ Pandora set to claw back $1.5m from songwriters with FM buy
Pandora could be set to cut its bill to songwriters by $1.5m a year, after [...]
Audity Music signs Fuji Pacific partnership
US-based publisher Audity Music LLC has signed a partnership with Fuji Pacific Music, Inc. for territories across [...]
Stubhub Canada boss exits, Jeff Poirier steps up
Ticket resale platform StubHub has appointed Jeff Poirier as its new Country Manager for Canada. [...]
Live Nation just spent $16m on a management company and a promoter
Live Nation spent US $15.9m on acquiring majority stakes in two music companies in the [...]
Sydney’s Nova 96.9 appoints Wendy Saunders as Music Director
Wendy Saunders has been hired as Music Director at Australian radio station Nova 96.9, working [...]
Universal appoints Vocanic’s Florian Jungbauer in Hong Kong office
Universal Music has appointed Florian Jungbauer as Senior Vice President Marketing, Consumer Engagement & Digital [...]
Eye Sound founder Frank Ströbele joins BMG in Germany
BMG has appointed Frank Ströbele as Vice President, Continental European Repertoire. Ströbele joins BMG after [...]
Simfy quits streaming music race in Germany as Spotify dominates
Simfy, once one of Germany’s most promising music streaming sites, is pulling out of the [...]
Spotify selling 3 months of ad-free music for less than $1 in the US
Spotify ran a controversial promotion over Christmas in the US, which offered users three months [...]
Spotify secures $350m in funding round – without relying on Universal
Turns out Spotify didn’t need a fresh deal with Universal to unlock hundreds of millions [...]
UK festivals launch 24-hour ‘legal highs’ awareness campaign
The websites of UK independent festivals will today (Monday, May 4) be ‘blacked out’ as [...]
The creator of Google Maps is launching a new music start-up
Danish-born computer scientist Lars Rasmussen, the co-creator of Google Maps, is launching a music start-up. [...]
Jane Dyball takes over at UK’s Music Publishers Association… for now
Jane Dyball is taking over as acting CEO of the UK’s Music Publishers Association (MPA) [...]
Max Martin wins ASCAP Songwriter of The Year Award for 8th time
Max Martin has won the Songwriter Of The Year gong at the ASCAP Pop Music [...]
Grooveshark is no more – and says sorry to the music industry
Grooveshark, the world’s most notorious copyright-infringing audio streaming site, is no more. The free US-based platform, [...]