Music Business News

ASCAP warns songwriters: Pandora fight is far from over

Songwriters had good reason to celebrate on Friday: BMI won a battle in court that will [...]

Island Marketing Director Sarah Boorman moves to UMTV

Sarah Boorman has been named General Manager of Universal’s UMTV label. Boorman is moving to [...]

BMI beats Pandora in court to push up royalty rate to 2.5%

Pandora has been ordered to raise the amount of royalties it passes BMI by 42%. [...]

Australia’s ARIA to launch video and audio streaming chart

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) will launch a new weekly Audio & Visual Streaming [...]

UK independents celebrate first year of landmark BBC deal

The UK’s Association of Independent Music (AIM) is celebrating the one-year anniversary of a groundbreaking [...]

Spotify’s dominance of global music streaming revenue laid bare

Spotify is running away with the paid-for music streaming market, according to new MBW research [...]

Mark Ronson reworks another Minder Music song for new single

Mark Ronson has reworked the classic 1970s recording In A Broken Dream by Python Lee [...]

Live Nation hires merchant banker as Chief Strategy Officer

Jordan Zachary Jordan Zachary has been named Chief Strategy Officer of Live Nation Entertainment, reporting [...]

SoundCloud hires ex-Facebook exec to drive advertising revenue

SoundCloud has hired Facebook Ireland MD Sonia Flynn as VP of International. Flynn, also a [...]

Streaming drives 8% increase in digital income for UMG as it banks €1bn in Q1

One of the biggest surprises in the music business so far this year was the [...]

Spirit Music Group signs exclusive JV with T Bone Burnett

Independent and private equity-backed US publisher Spirit Music Group has entered into a joint venture [...]

CD Baby launches publishing admin service in the UK

CD Baby, which offers digital distribution to independent artists, has launched its Pro tier in [...]

Warner Music boss warns against ‘burning freemium at the stake’

The debate around freemium vs. premium music services is the biz’s biggest talking point of [...]

Deborah Hyacinth promoted to new Digital Marketing role at UMG

Deborah Hyacinth has been promoted to the new role of SVP Digital Marketing Innovation. Based [...]

ASCAP hires Clara Kim as General Counsel and EVP

Clara Kim has been named as the new Executive Vice President and General Counsel at [...]