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 [...]