Music Business News

BMG bounds into Top 5 of UK record company groups

BMG Chrysalis was the UK’s fifth biggest record company ‘corporate group’ – in terms of [...]

Vivendi strikes deal with rebel investor to secure UMG future

The management board of Vivendi has reached an agreement with its ‘activist’ investor PSAM over [...]

Sony/ATV appoints non-country A&R Manager in Nashville

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has taken the uncommon step of hiring an A&R executive to work [...]

Omnifone powering Samsung’s Pandora rival, Milk

Omnifone has been revealed as the B2B technology partner behind Samsung’s Pandora rival, Milk Music, [...]

Eliah Seton named Worldwide President of Warner’s ADA

Eliah Seton has been promoted to President of Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) Worldwide – Warner [...]

Could Universal become a sister company of Sky?

Vivendi is starting to loosen its purse strings. The Universal parent has confirmed that it [...]

Nominees revealed for German Music Author Awards

The 24 nominees for the German Music Author Awards have been announced. The winners of [...]

Absolute rebrands, launches new analytics tool

Absolute Marketing & Distribution has rebranded as Absolute Label Services – as it launches an [...]

Want access to $20m? You just have to convince these two you’re worth it

A new financial firm with backing from asset manager BlackRock is looking to fund established [...]

Warner/Chappell’s Iain Morris joins Rdio as VP of Publishing

Streaming music service Rdio has appointed Iain Morris as Vice President of Global Music Publishing. [...]

Spain blocks pirate music site Goear

Last month, a Madrid court ordered ISPs in Spain to block The Pirate Bay within [...]

INgrooves partners with Kitsune, Doghouse and Hit City

INgrooves Music Group has signed new deals with US-based independent labels Doghouse Records and Hit [...]

Australia’s Future Music Festival scrapped after 10 years

Mushroom Music Group, founder of Australia’s Future Music Festival, has confirmed that the event is [...]

Jay Z’s debut album removed from Spotify

Jay Z’s classic debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, disappeared last night from Spotify‘s catalogue in [...]

Big Machine signs Steven Tyler to Dot Records

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has signed to Big Machine Label Group‘s Dot Records for his [...]