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 [...]