BMG confirms appointment of Kenney Shiu in China

BMG has confirmed last week’s report that its growing operation in China is being bolstered [...]

Spotify: We’re not stealing many iTunes customers

The debate around freemium music continues to rage this week – with more comments from [...]

7 times Lucian Grainge bashed freemium at Code/Media

Lucian Grainge‘s comment that ad-supported streaming platforms – like Spotify‘s cost-free tier – could not “sustain” [...]

Watch this Grammy-winning producer roast Pandora’s Co-Founder

Rodney Jerkins will be considered even more of a hero amongst his fellow producers and [...]

Capitol, UMPG and James Grant execs join Ashley Tabor’s Global Entertainment

Ashley Tabor’s newly-formed ‘360’ artist rights company, Global Entertainment, has begun assembling the team it [...]

Rock Band to return this year – and do battle with new Guitar Hero

Video games licensing will be big business again in 2015: Electronic Arts has confirmed that [...]

PRS marketing boss out as department restructures

PRS For Music has waved goodbye to at least two senior staff members in its [...]

Live Nation investor tried to buy Universal – Vivendi said no

If Vivendi’s commitment to the future of Universal Music Group was ever in doubt, it’s [...]

PayPal dumps MEGA – and Kim Dotcom’s not happy

Users of Kim Dotcom’s MEGA won’t be able to use PayPal for transactions from now [...]

Bandcamp is generating $3.5m for artists every month

Direct-to-fan platform Bandcamp says it has now paid out US $100m (€92m) to artists since [...]

Mirel Wagner wins 2014 Nordic Music Prize

Mirel Wagner is the winner of the 2014 Phonofile Nordic Music Prize for her album [...]

The Gloaming win Meteor Choice Music Prize

The Gloaming have been announced as winners of the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Album [...]

Merchbar launches ‘Hot Merch’ Charts

Online merchandise retailer Merchbar has launched a new chart to show its most popular items: [...]

Lucian Grainge wins Creative Fusion Award

Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge will receive the 2015 Creative Fusion Award at the [...]

CD sales fell just 2% in Germany in 2014, streaming up 79%

We already know that Germany’s recorded music market was up 1.8% in 2014, but now [...]