Live Nation acquires majority stake in Sweden’s SPG Live

Live Nation has acquired a majority stake in major Swedish EDM promoter Stureplansgruppen Live (SPG [...]

Kobalt to expand into Latin America and South-East Asia

Kobalt is planning to open new offices in Brazil and South-East Asia this year, the [...]

UMG’s Deutsche Grammophon signs with movie licensing group

Universal Music Group’s classical label Deutsche Grammophon has struck a new production movie licensing partnership [...]

Target to cut thousands of jobs as it shifts focus to digital

A month after it closed all of its stores in Canada, US general retailer Target [...]

Former Imagem and Sony/ATV CFO Steven Storch joins Reservoir

New York-based music publishing group Reservoir Media Management has appointed industry veteran Steven A. Storch [...]

Jay Z’s €50m Tidal takeover could be derailed by splinter group

With the majority shareholder of Tidal in Jay Z’s corner, his €50m takeover of parent [...]

Mike Rittberg named GM of Verve Music Group

Universal’s US jazz label Verve Music Group has promoted Mike Rittberg to the position of [...]

Former Warner finance boss Brian Roberts joins ASCAP

A day after announcing $1bn in revenues for 2014, US collection society ASCAP has appointed [...]

PeerMusic’s Kenney Shiu joins BMG in China

BMG Rights Management has appointed PeerMusic’s Kenney Shiu as its new Director in Greater China. [...]

Warner offers record deal to Australia talent show winner

Aussie radio network Nova Entertainment has teamed up with Warner Music to launch Nova’s Fresh [...]

LA Reid and Natalia Nastaskin join Midem’s Artist Accelerator Committee

Epic Records’ Chairman and CEO, L.A. Reid and Natalia Nastaskin , CEO, The Agency Group [...]

ASCAP revenues rise 6% to top $1bn

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has become the first PRO in [...]

Nettwerk buys a chunk of Justin Time Records

Nettwerk Music Group has purchased an undisclosed interest in independent jazz and blues label Justin [...]

Secondary ticketing sales soar at Ticketmaster in 2014

One area of Live Nation-owned Ticketmaster‘s business grew faster than any other in 2014: the [...]

SeeTickets revenues jumped up 16% in 2014

When it comes to Vivendi, the music business’s attention is obviously drawn to key subsidiary [...]