Music Business News

Warner/Chappell, Sony/ATV and ole execs elected onto SOCAN Board

Canadian collection society SOCAN has announced the results of its 2015 Board of Directors election, [...]

Merlin licenses Asian streaming service KKBOX – and its 10m users

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent sector, has confirmed a partnership with [...]

EMI Records returns to India under Universal ownership

Universal Music Group has re-launched EMI Records in India, in partnership with Bollywood film director [...]

Sony: We share Spotify advances with our artists

Sony Music Entertainment has released a statement in response to the leak of its 2011 [...]

Michelle Jubelirer promoted to COO at Capitol Music Group

Michelle Jubelirer has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, Capitol Music Group (CMG) in the [...]

Expanding BMG moves UK offices to accommodate over 120 staff

BMG has moved its UK operation into new offices in London’s Paddington in order to [...]

Warner confirms acquisition of Poland’s oldest record label

MBW reported back in February that Warner Music Group (WMG) was set to acquire Poland’s [...]

Membran and The Orchard sign label deal with Dave Stewart’s ‘idea factory’

Musician, songwriter, and producer, Dave Stewart, has signed an exclusive worldwide marketing and distribution deal [...]

BMG partners with Kartel, PledgeMusic for new Skint releases

BMG is kicking off a series of new releases from Skint Records following its acquisition [...]

German Music Author Awards: All The Winners

The German Music Author Awards took place in Berlin last week (May 21), honouring the [...]

Universal Music Publishing extends deals with Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso

Universal Music Publishing Scandinavia has extended its exclusive global publishing agreements with Axwell and Sebastian [...]

World’s Top 5 music publishers now control 11 million songs

The number of copyrights now owned or managed by the world’s Top 5 music publishers [...]

This movie company is asking musicians to PAY £10,000 to feature in its thriller

There’s long been a debate over how much TV/movie production companies should expect to pay [...]

Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine to speak at Midem 2015

Arnaud de Puyfontaine, CEO of the French parent of Universal Music Group, Vivendi, is to [...]

43 music industry figures investigated for child sex abuse in UK

More than 40 individuals connected to the UK music industry have been investigated as part [...]