Cooking Vinyl Group consolidates US activity into one office
The Cooking Vinyl Group has streamlined its activities in the US into a single New [...]
Jeff Castelaz appointed President of Elektra Records
Jeff Castelaz has been named President of Elektra Records at Warner Music Group. A seasoned [...]
Universal Music completes acquisition of EMI Music
Universal Music Group (UMG) has concluded its £1.2 billion acquisition of EMI Recorded Music. The [...]
ole acquires Timbaland catalogue, signs new deal
Canadian independent company Ole has acquired the music publishing catalogue of R&B/hip-hop star Timbaland, as [...]
Lyor Cohen resigns from Warner Music after 8 years
Warner Music Group Recorded Music Chairman and CEO, Lyor Cohen, has resigned from the major. [...]
BMG hires Ronnback in Scandinavia
BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia has hired Lars Olov “Olle“ Rönnbäck as its new Director of Licensing [...]
‘Big’ Jon Platt quits EMI Publishing to join Warner/Chappell in US
Warner/Chappell as appointed ‘Big’ Jon Platt to the newly-created position of President, Creative – North [...]
Steve Perry signs publishing deal with UMPG
Journey frontman and lead songwriter Steve Perry has signed a global exclusive publishing administration agreement [...]
Burt Bacharach sub-publishing deal secured by BMG in Italy
BMG Italy has inked a sub-publishing deal for Italy with Burt Bacharach. Bacharach has won [...]
Billy Joel signs worldwide publishing deal with Rondor and UMPG
Rondor Music and its parent company, Universal Music Publishing, have signed an exclusive worldwide publishing [...]
IFPI bags US Copyright guru Carson as legal boss
David O. Carson, the General Counsel of the US Copyright Office, is joining international recorded [...]
BMG buys Fred Alhert Music catalogue business
BMG Chrysalis North America has snapped up the Fred Alhert Music Catalogue. The catalogue has been administered [...]
Imagem strikes JV with Cantora in US
Imagem Music has signed a JV deal for a new publishing company with New York [...]
Torrent site Demonoid shut down
The Demonoid Torrent service, a prominent channel for the distribution of infringing content worldwide, has [...]
Warner/Chappell buys music rights to Miramax movies
Warner/Chappell has acquired the masters and publishing rights for all film music owned by Miramax. [...]