Music Business

The Chief Operating Officer of the BMG Group worldwide, John Dobinson, has exited the company, MBW has learned.BMG CEO Hartwig...

Grammy-winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist Nile Rodgers will receive the BMI Icon Award at the CMO’s R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, held...

Independent label powerhouse Beggars Group has confirmed that it still hasn’t licensed Apple Music, with less than two weeks to...

Pressure continues to mount on Apple over its decision to offer the indies no royalty compensation during Apple Music‘s three-month...

The European Commission has given the green light for PRS for Music (UK), STIM (Sweden) and GEMA (Germany) to combine...

Universal Music Group has acquired Romania’s third biggest independent label, MediaPro Music (MPM), for an undisclosed fee.According to local reports,...

German independent publisher Budde Music has teamed up with the music marketing arm of leading TV broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, Starwatch Entertainment,...

The second-in-command at Warner Music Group, COO Rob Wiesenthal, has resigned from the major to focus on his own company.The...

Live Nation Entertainment, Universal Music Group (UMG) and WME have all invested in tech startup Doppler Labs.The money will be...

Spirit Music Group has acquired a portion of the publishing catalogue of Nashville songwriter and producer, Jason Ingram.The deal includes...

The biggest talking point in the business right now is Apple Music’s three-month free trial – and how much, if...

Some good news amongst the fury regarding Apple Music‘s refusal (so far) to pay indie labels for its upcoming three-month...

The UK’s Atlantic Screen Group has acquired the Ealing and Fragile film music catalogues, containing compositions from movies such as...

Sony/ATV has laid its hands on Take That classics such as Back For Good and Never Forget as it extends...

Last week saw uproar across the independent music community after details of a prospective Apple Music contract leaked – asking...