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Music Business
Universal’s Max Hole, PPL’s Keith Harris awarded Birthday Honours
The CEO and Chairman of Universal Music Group International, Max Hole, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday...
Global Release Day begins on Friday, July 10
Get ready for ‘New Music Fridays’: the official new global release day for music will kick off on Friday, July...
AXS and Veritix merge to take on Ticketmaster
Outbox AXS, founded in 2011 by partners AEG, Cirque du Soleil and industry veteran Jean-Francoys Brousseau, is merging with its...
100 staff laid off at Blinkbox Music Ltd as Guvera dumps UK office
Australian streaming company Guvera acquired its UK rival Blinkbox Music in January from Tesco in a multi-million pound deal.Michael de...
So Spotify CAN do premium-only music… but just this once
Spotify has hosted its first ever premium-only track, but insists it is not part of a wider strategy to remove...
Nick Gatfield launches Twin Music Inc to plug A&R funding gap
Former Sony Music UK boss Nick Gatfield has taken the wraps off his new venture, Twin Music Inc – an...
If Apple Music’s free trial is worth $4.4bn, why aren’t indies being paid?
No wonder independent labels are up in arms about being paid zero royalties from Apple Music‘s three-month free trial.MBW has...
Universal: We didn’t collude with Apple to kill Spotify freemium
Universal Music Group has denied any collusion with Apple to try and force Spotify to limit its much-debated freemium tier.The...
Beth Wijayarathna exits Wixen Music UK
The Managing Director of Wixen Music UK, Beth Wijayarathna, has left the company, MBW has learned.Wijayarathna (pictured inset) joined Wixen...
BMG signs digital rights deal with Germany’s GEMA for 38 countries
BMG and German collection society GEMA have signed a new three year deal covering the licensing of digital services in...
Apple Music contract: Fears grow it will ‘punch hole into music biz income’
Will music from the likes of Adele, Arctic Monkeys and The Prodigy be available on Apple Music when it launches...
Spotify hits 20m paying subscribers, 75m total active users
Just hours after confirming a $526m investment round, Spotify has announced that it has now attracted over 20m paying users.The timing...
Ticketmaster acquires Front Gate Tickets and Universe
Ticketmaster is growing its presence in the festival and DIY ticketing space with two new acquisitions: Front Gate Tickets and...
Spotify fights back: $526m funding secured to battle Apple Music
It’s on: artists are going to be at the centre of the biggest marketing war in digital music history.Barely a...
Universal launches Infinity with Alejandro Fernández in Mexico
Universal Music Group has launched a new JV in Mexico, Infinity, with one of the region’s foremost industry figures, Alejandro...
