Music Business News
Kobalt signs Ariana Grande, Lil Wayne for Neighbouring Rights
Kobalt Neighbouring Rights (KNR) has signed a raft of new chart-topping clients, including Ariana Grande, [...]
Blavatnik’s Access invests millions in Songkick and Crowdsurge merger
Concert discovery service Songkick has merged with artist-ticketing service CrowdSurge – as Len Blavatnik‘s Access Industries [...]
20,000 indie labels just licensed SoundCloud – and expect good money
The commercial representative of 20,000 indie labels and distributors across the world, Merlin, has agreed [...]
Razor & Tie’s Sharon Tapper joins Glassnote’s Insieme Music Publishing
Glassnote’s music publishing company Insieme has hired Sharon Tapper as Head of Publishing, based in [...]
PPL pays out £161.2m in record year as international revenue rises
PPL, which collects and distributes licensing revenues on behalf of UK sound recording rights-owners, paid [...]
Leaked Universal memo tackles songwriter payment concerns
Universal Music Publishing boss Jody Gerson yesterday sent a confidential internal memo in which she [...]
Markus Wenzel named President of Universal Music Publishing Germany
Universal Music Publishing (UMP) has promoted of Markus Wenzel from Managing Director of UMP Germany [...]
Kobalt Label Services signs deal with ex-Gallows frontman Frank Carter
Kobalt Label Services (KLS) has signed a label services deal with Frank Carter and the [...]
Apple recalls over 230,000 Beats Pill XL speakers due to fire hazard
Apple has announced a voluntary recall of its Beats Pill XL speakers, admitting that they [...]
Janet Jackson to release first album in 7 years on her own label via BMG
Janet Jackson’s will release her first album in seven years on her own label, Rhythm [...]
Spotify’s $250m backer leads $60m investment in Believe Digital
Believe Digital has received $60m growth capital investment from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and XAnge. [...]
Revealed: What Pandora agreed to pay major publishers… and what it’s getting away with now
There’s scarcely a more controversial brand working in music in 2015 than Pandora. On the [...]
Universal: Yes, we share digital breakage money with our artists
Well, it’s all on the record now. Universal Music Group has confirmed to MBW that [...]
Three Six Zero Group signs Duke Dumont for management
UK-born Three Six Zero Group has confirmed that it has signed British artist Duke Dumont [...]
Imagem signs global deal with Apple Music Publishing
Netherlands-born independent music publisher Imagem has become the official global partner of Apple Music Publishing [...]