Rob Wells gets involved with another digital music business – LoveLive

Having taken a few months off after leaving Universal in February, Rob Wells is getting [...]

Australia’s S4 Productions merges with the UK’s MJR Group

S4 Productions has merged with UK-based company The MJR Group and will now trade in [...]

Apple Music is go: The 13 facts you need to know

Last night, Apple unveiled Apple Music at WWDC in San Francisco. The app promises to [...]

Rob Wells backs cloud-based music intelligence platform

Universal’s former President Of Global Digital Business, Rob Wells, has joined the Advisory Board of Revelator, [...]

Nettwerk acquires New York house label Maxi Records

Nettwerk Music Group has acquired New York independent house label Maxi Records. The roster of artists [...]

Kobalt launches a collection society – and invites publishers to join

Kobalt has launched what it calls the world’s first ‘global, direct, digital mechanical and performing [...]

Apple Music, an ‘amazing moment’, WILL debut today – Sony boss

As you can probably tell from MBW’s coverage of Doug Morris’s Q&A at Midem yesterday (June [...]

Kobalt strikes movie and TV music rights partnership with IM Global

Kobalt has entered into a co-financing and administrative partnership with independent entertainment studio IM Global, a [...]

Former Epic UK boss Steven Melrose joins Crown Talent as Head Of Music

Crown Talent & Media Group has appointed Steven Melrose as its Head Of Music across [...]

Breakage: ‘Where is the indies’ share?’

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Is Pandora set to return to the UK?

There’s a rumour moving up and down La Croisette at Midem in Cannes this weekend: [...]

Poor songwriters: The hidden costs that are butchering musicians’ income

Songwriters are getting angry. The disparity between the money paid by streaming services to record [...]

Managers applaud Universal’s breakage payment commitments

UK managers have welcomed statements from Universal Music Group and Universal Publishing in which they [...]

Amazon quits Google and Pandora-backed coalition fighting to LOWER songwriter and artist payouts

Remember the pressure group co-founded by the likes of Google and Pandora to drive down [...]

Jackie Alway replaces Chris Butler as Chair of Music Publishers Association

Jackie Alway, Universal Music Publishing’s VP International Legal and Industry Affairs, will become the UK [...]