Music Business News

New Guitar Hero confirmed for release later this year

Ten years ago, Guitar Hero became the quickest video game console franchise to turn over [...]

Date confirmed for Apple WWDC – where it’s expected to announce Spotify rival

Apple has confirmed that it will hold its 26th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from [...]

‘YouTube must be stopped from hiding behind safe harbour’

The CEO of the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Frances Moore, has given [...]

WME acquires Australian live agency Artist Voice

US live music agency giant William Morris Endeavor (WME) has acquired is Australian rival Artist [...]

Wrecking Ball writer MoZella re-signs with Sony/ATV

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its long-term worldwide deal with the hit songwriter behind Miley [...]

Who deserves more money from ticket sales: artists or songwriters?

Songwriters have made plenty of noise about not being paid their fair share from streaming [...]

US takes first step towards paying artists for radio play

US Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Marsha Blackburn yesterday introduced the Fair Play, Fair Pay Act [...]

Faisel Durrani appointed EVP/GM of Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings has appointed Faisel Durrani as its Eexecutive Vice President / General Manager [...]

Inertia Group appoints Meg Williams as Head Of Promotions

Australian full-service music company Inertia Group has appointed Meg Williams as its new Head of [...]

Spotify closing in on $400m of new financing

Spotify is reportedly on the verge of securing US $400m in new investment, thanks to [...]

SoundCloud partners with YouTube copyright detection firm

SoundCloud has officially partnered with Zefr – the tool which YouTube uses to help its [...]

Read YouTube’s latest letter to artists in full

YouTube announced earlier this week that it is introducing an ad-free subscription tier on the [...]

Germany’s GEMA posts €894m 2014 revenues, up 4.8%

German publisher and songwriter collecting society GEMA recorded revenues of €893.6 million in 2014, up [...]

‘Indies should form collective on streaming playlists’

The UK’s Association For Independent Music held its Music Connected event in London yesterday, with [...]

Big Machine finance boss quits to launch biz management agency

The man responsible for making sure Taylor Swift gets paid – VP of Finance for [...]