Music Business

The likes of Adele, Vampire Weekend and The Libertines will almost certainly be available on Apple Music when it launches...

HMV is selling CDs and vinyl to consumers online for the first time since the business was acquired by Hilco...

Musician, songwriter and entrepreneur Dave Stewart has inked a wide-ranging agreement with Bertelsmann-owned BMG covering music, book and TV content...

The deadline for bids on beleaguered Blinkbox Music ends 4pm BST this Thursday (June 25) – less than two weeks...

Kobalt Music Publishing (KMP) has signed a worldwide deal with popular Brooklyn indie band, TV on the Radio.This agreement covers...

It appears the world’s independent labels owe Taylor Swift a drink.Following the pop megastar’s scathing open letter to Apple yesterday,...

Taylor Swift has strongly condemned Apple’s refusal to pay artists, labels, songwriters and publishers any royalties for the three-month free...

The biggest-selling album of 2014 won’t be available to stream on Apple Music when it arrives on June 30.Big Machine...

Spotify has been downloaded more than 5 million times on Sony PlayStation devices since becoming its official music partner at...

It’s getting harder and harder to run a completely free music service these days.SoundCloud is taking steps to legitimise its...

Sony Music UK has appointed Roc Nation’s Dorothy Hui as its VP Digital Business.Jason Iley previously worked with Hui (pictured inset)...

On June 30, Apple Music will launch, offering consumers three months free access to its streaming music service.Spotify can obviously...

Apple must have thought this was going to be simple: deliver independent labels a contract three weeks before Apple Music‘s...

It took Warner Music Group precisely one day to find someone to step into the shoes of Rob Wiesenthal –...

If Spotify is planning on executing an IPO in the near future, it’s certainly just hired the right person for...