Music Business News

David Byrne joins SoundExchange Board to ‘fight for music’s value’

SoundExchange today announced the appointment of music legend, David Byrne, to its Board of Directors. [...]

BMG inks global sub-publishing deal with Musica Aparte

BMG has signed a worldwide sub-publishing agreement with Música Aparte, the publishing company which represents [...]

Britney Spears gets her own mobile game from Kim Kardashian: Hollywood creator

Britney Spears is to get her own dedicated mobile game, due for release in the [...]

Sony/ATV adds Mark Ronson and Snoop Dogg to Neighbouring Rights roster

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has added to its Neighbouring Rights roster with the addition of signings including Mark [...]

Sonos spends millions fighting ‘patent troll’… and wins

Music hardware business Sonos has spent “millions of dollars and thousands of hours” fighting a [...]

Fintage House launches ‘full-service’ publishing model – including masters

Rights management group Fintage House is helping fund its music publishing clients through the process [...]

Managers disappointed by ‘Making Available Right’ omission in EC’s Single Digital Market plan

Artists, songwriters and managers have been left disappointed by the lack of protection for the [...]

Alix Kram named VP of Global Brand Licensing at Warner’s WEA

WEA Corp., the artist and label services arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), has appointed [...]

SoundCloud signs landmark deal with publishers – as Sony pulls tracks

SoundCloud has signed a landmark licensing deal with music publishing group the NMPA – just [...]

‘Pay As You Go’ Spotify rival turns to crowdfunding to help raise £1m

UK-based ‘pay-as-you-go’ music streaming service Psonar is looking to raise another £1m – and has [...]

Concord acquires Wind-Up and Fearless after $100m investment

New York-based Concord Music has acquired independent rock music labels Wind-up Records and Fearless Records [...]

Why Sony really, really wants One Direction to stay together

They say Zayn Malik’s decision to quit One Direction in March broke the hearts of [...]

Jon Platt and Jimmy Napes win big at SESAC Awards

The 19th annual SESAC Pop Awards took place at The New York Public Library on [...]

Paul Williams and Jody Gerson elected onto ASCAP Board

US songwriter/publisher body ASCAP has held its Board elections, with Paul Williams (pictured) re-elected Chairman [...]

What is Nick Gatfield up to?

Former Sony UK & Ireland boss Nick Gatfield appears to be readying a music industry [...]