Merlin recruits YouTube expert Christopher Tarbet
Merlin, the global licensing agency for independent labels, has hired Christopher Tarbet in the newly-created [...]
Erik Huggers, ex-iPlayer exec, confirmed as Vevo CEO
Online music video platform Vevo has appointed Erik Huggers as President and Chief Executive Officer, [...]
Sarah Osborn leaves UK’s Music Publishers Association
The UK Music Publishers Association, MPA, has announced that its CEO Sarah Osborn has left [...]
Now BBC Radio 1’s playlist gatekeeper, Nigel Harding, is leaving the station…
Further sources have today verified MBW’s report of what’s being dubbed the ‘Apple crumble’ at [...]
Google, Amazon and Pandora join forces to fight music industry over royalty rates
Pandora‘s mission to drive down the royalties it pays artists/labels and songwriters/publishers just got some [...]
Tunecore posts 5% rise in Q1 artist payouts to $36m
Digital distribution firm TuneCore, which was snapped up by Believe Digital earlier this month, has [...]
Instagram launches @Music account to boost emerging artists
Facebook-owned Instagram has launched a new channel designed to boost both established and emerging music [...]
Piracy wounded in Germany as ‘tracker’ sites taken down
The major labels in Germany have successfully forced an online hosting company to take three [...]
Apple poaches top producers from BBC Radio 1 for new Spotify rival
Whatever Apple is creating to rival Spotify just got a lot more intriguing. Little more [...]
‘Spotify for concerts’ app gets $8m boost from funding round
An app which charges a monthly Spotify-style premium subscription to attend an unlimited number of [...]
Cooking Vinyl signs Run For Cover deal in Australia
Cooking Vinyl Australia has sealed a new partnership with Boston indie-rock label Run For Cover [...]
Bauer buys 20 radio brands in the Nordics
Bauer Media is acquiring Scandinavia’s SBS Discovery Radio, which owns more than 20 radio stations [...]
Live Nation buys controlling stake in Bonnaroo festival
Live Nation Entertainment has acquired controlling stake in Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, the annual [...]
Downloads down 12% in UK, albums down 5% – but streaming soars 81%
The UK recorded music market saw a painful decline in single-track downloads in the first [...]
Australian country label WJO partners with Universal
A leading independent country label in Australia, WJO, has signed a distribution partnership with Universal [...]