Universal signs deal with Philips LED cinema technology

Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG, is partnering with Philips to present ‘iconic’ concert [...]

Metrophonic renews global publishing deal with Universal

Award-winning British music publisher and production company Metrophonic has renewed its global publishing agreement with [...]

Mark Ronson agent Cris Hearn joins Coda in UK

The UK agent of Mark Ronson and Hudson Mohawke, Cris Hearn, has left Primary Talent [...]

Universal Publishing Production Music launches new label

Universal Publishing Production Music (UPPM) has launched a new  label, BLOCK, which has been created [...]

India’s music business will almost double in value by 2019 – KPMG

India’s recorded music business will nearly double over the next five years, bringing in an [...]

Canada’s ole acquires Mark-Cain catalogue and Taurus recordings

Toronto-based rights management company ole has acquired Anthem Entertainment Group‘s Mark-Cain publishing catalogue, including the [...]

Warner/Chappell promotes Katie Vinten to VP of A&R

Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has promoted of Katie [...]

Facebook has 10 times as many users as Spotify and Pandora combined

Facebook has announced a business update that includes new numbers related to its popularity – [...]

New Deezer CEO to address ‘freemium vs. premium’ at Midem 2015

Hans-Holger Albrecht, the new CEO of global music streaming service Deezer, will give his first [...]

Global launches live music arm, hires Bon Jovi manager and AEG’s Sam Bush

Ashley Tabor is taking a step into Live Nation‘s territory: the Global founder has launched Global [...]

Alt-J, Hozier and FKA Twigs amongst Ivor Novello 2015 nominees

Alt-J, Bear’s Den, George Ezra, Hozier, Jimmy Napes and FKA Twigs are all up for [...]

Ed Sheeran tracks have made $14m on Spotify

Ed Sheeran, the most-streamed Spotify artist of 2014, has become only the second act to [...]

Tidal’s popularity plummets on US and UK Apple charts

The attention garnered by Jay Z’s glitzy Tidal relaunch on March 30 did the trick: [...]

Canada set to extend artist copyright term from 50 to 70 years

The Government of Canada has announced its intention to amend the term of copyright for [...]

Lucian Grainge joins WME and Vessel at Technology Innovators Forum

Lucian Grainge CBE will be amongst the guests of the the two-day Technology Innovators Forum [...]