Indian Spotify rival Saavn grabs $100m funding and hits 14m users
Indian music streaming company Saavn has secured $100 million in a new funding round led [...]
Universal Music Publishing to administer Mexican PRO’s rights in US
Universal Music Publishing has signed an exclusive publishing administration agreement with SACM (Sociedad de Autores [...]
Physical album sales UP at American independent retail in 2015
Physical album sales might have fallen across America in the first half of 2015, but [...]
Sirius XM: ‘We’re not worried about Spotify anymore’
Sirius XM, the US-based satellite radio giant, doesn’t consider Spotify or other music services to [...]
NME adds 285,000 readers overnight by going free
The UK’s influential new music magazine, NME, will take on the likes of Shortlist from [...]
Microsoft rebrands Xbox Music as Groove to challenge Apple
Microsoft has rebranded its Xbox Music app as ‘Groove Music’, promising a catalogue of over [...]
Apple Music is available in these 100 countries – but not in China
Apple Music is a week old, and has started disseminating its streaming data to record [...]
Ministry Of Sound signs long-term manufacturing deal with Arvato
Ministry of Sound has signed an exclusive and long-lasting contract with Arvato Replication to produce [...]
Warner launches new label in Japan with Goma Studio Inc
Warner Music has launched a new record label in Japan, Wanna Goma Records, in partnership [...]
Rihanna smashes US digital record with 100m singles sales
Rihanna has become the biggest-selling singles artist of the digital age in the US, surpassing [...]
UK’s Plastic Head opens third warehouse
UK-based independent music and merchandise distribution powerhouse Plastic Head has opened its third on-site fulfillment [...]
The Agency Group acquires US-based EDM agency Autonomous Music
The Agency Group (TAG) has acquired US-based boutique EDM agency Autonomous Music. As part of [...]
Ryan Wilson in as Director of Electronic Music at Sony Music Australia
Sony Music Entertainment Australia has appointed Ryan Wilson to the role of Director, Electronic Music. [...]
Buddy Holly widow entrusts BMG with artist’s rights
BMG has agreed the acquisition of all the rights in the seminal Buddy Holly catalogue, [...]
MBW joins Music Futures Conference, returning to UK this November
The Music Futures Conference will return to the UK on Thursday, November 12 at a [...]