Music Business

Downtown Music Publishing has acquired London-based music publisher Eagle-i Music – and is subsequently expanding its UK operations.Eagle-i’s Co-Founder and...

The battle for supremacy in the world of free personalised music radio got a serious new player today, as MixRadio...

Controversial US internet radio firm Pandora has agreed a deal to acquire online music analytics firm Next Big Sound for...

Kobalt has signed a new deal with LAVA Music Publishing, the company founded by well-known US exec Jason Flom.LAVA Music...

Communion Records, the UK-based label whose roster includes Bear’s Den, Michael Kiwanuka and Ben Howard, has signed a wide-ranging US-only...

France is falling back in love with the singles chart – and it’s all thanks to streaming.Since late March, new...

In mid-February, coffee retail giant Starbucks confirmed it was to stop selling music CDs.It was a big blow for the...

UK-based Proper Music Distribution is to integrate standalone company Proper Note with its classical and jazz department to form a...

The ink on the contract confirming BMG‘s acquisition of Rise Records is barely dry, but the global rights company tells...

BMG has fully acquired US-based metal and hard rock label Rise Records. Sources tell MBW that the two parties have...

Jay Z used a special invite-only TIDAL performance in New York on Saturday to diss Spotify and YouTube for their treatment...

The BRIT Awards are a cornerstone of the sort of corporate lobbying that helps the ‘ruling class’ maintain control in...

Martin Goldschmidt, Managing Director of the Cooking Vinyl Group, used his keynote speech at The Great Escape in Brighton on...

Spotify has shot down reports that it is set to limit access to its freemium tier to three months per...

Warner Music Group has signed a global catalogue deal with Phil Collins that will see the major working all of his studio...