Music Business News
Spotify ad revenue jumped 53% in Q1
Spotify saw a 53% increase in ad revenue year-over-year in Q1 2015, according to internal [...]
Tidal CEO out as Team Jay Z wields axe
The CEO of streaming service Tidal, Andy Chen, has parted ways with the company barely [...]
Doug Morris, Julio Iglesias honoured by Berklee College Of Music
Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will present Julio Iglesias, Doug Morris, Harvey [...]
Nine Live and Ticketek sold for AUS $640m
One of Australia’s largest live entertainment companies, Nine Live, has been sold in full to [...]
Man who cost the majors millions launches Pandora rival 6Seconds
The founder and former CEO of MP3Tunes, Michael Robertson, has created a new digital music [...]
Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards nominees revealed
The nominees have been announced for the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards – with [...]
Believe Digital fully acquires rival Tunecore
Believe Digital has fully acquired a key rival – digital music distribution and publishing administration [...]
Spotify appoints Global Head Of Publisher Relations
Spotify has appointed James Duffett-Smith as Global Head of Publisher Relations. In this new role, [...]
Les Miserables firm expands into Europe, Australia
The company which represents and licenses the performance rights to theatre giants like The Lion [...]
20% of people online are music pirates – but most know it’s theft
New evidence suggests that one fifth of all fixed-line internet users across the world regularly [...]
Midem Artist Accelerator shortlist announced
Midem has announced the 14 finalists of its inaugural Midem Artist Accelerator – the programme [...]
Universal launches new YouTube label in Australia
Universal Music Australia is launching a new label imprint in conjunction with Boom Collective – [...]
EarMUSIC signs US distribution deal with Entertainment One
The international record company of Edel Group, earMUSIC has signed an exclusive deal with Entertainment [...]
Eric Mackay appointed Head Of Digital, Europe at Warner/Chappell
Eric Mackay has been hired as Head of Digital, Europe at Warner/Chappell Music, based in [...]
‘Major labels are paying artists more generously than they used to’
Ask many professional music artists about their income and they’ll tell you that the transition [...]