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 [...]