BMG buys Sanctuary Records for around £40m
BMG has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sanctuary Records from Universal Music. The deal [...]
Spotify expands into Poland, Portugal and Italy
Spotify has expanded into three European markets for the first time – Italy, Poland and [...]
BMG and Bella Union team up in the US
Bella Union Songs, the publishing division of Bella Union Records has inked a joint publishing [...]
Republic Records founders re-sign with Universal
Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed new long-term agreements with Republic Records founders Monte Lipman [...]
Kobalt and STIM form pan-EU licensing group
Kobalt Music Group and Swedish copyright management organisation STIM have launched Kobalt STIM Aggregated Rights [...]
Patti-Anne Tarlton joins Ticketmaster Canada from MLSE
Patti-Anne Tarlton has been appointed as the SVP and COO of Ticketmaster Canada. Current COO [...]
Tunetribe appoints Terry Boland as GM
Digital entertainment specialist TuneTribe has appointed experienced retail expert Terry Boland as its new General [...]
Historic retailer HMV plunged into administration
The HMV Group, which employs 4,000 workers across 230 UK stores, is now on the [...]
Pascal Nègre steps up to global role at Universal
Pascal Nègre, President of Universal Music France, Italy, Middle East and Africa, is to expand [...]
New appointments at Universal Music Mexico
Two ex-EMI execs have taken big jobs in Central America at Universal: Alfredo Delgadillo has [...]
Lou Ragagnin appointed COO at Canada’s ole
Independent Canadian music publishing house ole has appointed Lou Ragagnin as its new COO. Ragagnin [...]
Max Hole promoted to Chairman of Universal Music Group International
Max Hole ha been promoted to become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMG International [...]
Irving Azoff quits Live Nation
Irving Azoff, chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, has quit the company in a surprise announcement. [...]
BMG acquires Mute Records catalogue in multi-million pound deal
BMG has acquired the catalogue of Mute Records – previously owned by EMI – from [...]
BMG splashes out on Take That and Nirvana songs with Virgin Publishing buy
The worldwide rights for the Virgin Music Publishing and Famous UK Music Publishing catalogues are [...]