7Digital bags Sainsbury’s contract as it posts small net profit

B2B tech provider 7Digital has signed up to become the official digital music partner of [...]

Can Vessel weaken YouTube’s stranglehold on the music business?

Top execs at Universal and Warner will be watching Vessel’s progress very closely this week, [...]

Sia triumphs at Australia’s APRA Awards

Sia Furler won the two biggest prizes at the APRA Awards in Australia last night: [...]

Natalie Judge promoted to UK General Manager of Matador

Matador Records has promoted Natalie Judge to General Manager of Matador UK. Judge (pictured), previously [...]

SESAC signs partnership with ReverbNation

BMI and ASCAP rival SESAC has signed a strategic partnership with emerging artists platform ReverbNation [...]

Universal Music Group must be sold or spun-off, says shareholder – so far, Vivendi refuses to listen

An activist Hedge Fund investor in Vivendi is causing trouble – first demanding that Universal [...]

Spirit Music Group acquires Nashville catalogue StyleSonic

New York-based independent publisher Spirit Music Group has acquired Nashville catalogue StyleSonic. The deal means [...]

UK’s Official Chart moving from Sunday to Friday

The announcement of the UK’s Official Chart will move to a new Friday slot in [...]

[PIAS] revives dance imprint Different

[PIAS] has revived its electronic music-focused imprint, Different Recordings, after a three-year hiatus. In the [...]

Kobalt signs US admin deal for John Denver catalogue

Kobalt Music Publishing has signed a publishing administration deal for the catalogue of the late [...]

WiMP brand axed as Tidal tidies up in time for Jay Z takeover

Aspiro has confirmed that it is scrapping its WiMP brand name, uniting its streaming music [...]

ole acquires production music agency Jingle Punks

Canadian rights management company ole has acquired TV production music agency Jingle Punks to create [...]

Atlantic Records co-founder Miriam Bienstock dies aged 92

Miriam Bienstock, co-founder of label giant Atlantic Records, died on Saturday (March 21). She was [...]

‘Let’s not pull the rug from under Spotify’s progress’

The battle over freemium music is intensifying. The Financial Times reports that the major labels [...]

Deezer launches FLAC Elite tier around the world

Deezer has expanded the roll-out of its premium, hi-def audio tier, Deezer Elite, outside the [...]