Music Business News

How much do music artists earn online?

That was the question posed by David McCandless and his team at Information Is Beautiful [...]

Twitch music library surpasses 1,000 songs

Video games social video platform and community, Twitch, has doubled its production music library to [...]

Tobias Jesso Jr signs to UMPG in global co-publishing deal

One of the most talked-about new singer/songwriters in the world, Tobias Jesso Jr., has signed [...]

Lily Allen: Spotify is not the enemy – Tidal may boost pirate sites

The industry debate over ad-supported ‘free’ music (and Tidal’s place within it) continues to rage. [...]

Beyonce releases new track as a Tidal exclusive. It’s on YouTube in minutes.

Tidal unveiled its first major artist exclusive on Saturday evening, and its source was no [...]

Sony DADC to close main Mexico plant

Sony DADC has confirmed to MBW that it is to shut its main plant in [...]

Universal launches $1.50-a-month Spotify rival in Brazil

Universal Music Group is launching its own budget streaming service in Brazil, charging customers the [...]

Spotify adds 1.5m users on PlayStation in a day

Spotify launched on Sony‘s PlayStation earlier this week in 41 countries – and it’s off [...]

Deutsche Grammophon launches Mastered For iTunes campaign

Universal‘s Deutsche Grammophon is launching a major worldwide campaign, offering a special 32-album selection of [...]

Universal, Warner, Sony and indies license ‘WhatsApp for music’

Toronto-based music messaging company Rithm has been licensed by all three major labels, as well [...]

Concord Music Group merges with Bicycle, raises $100m

US independent Concord Music Group has merged with publisher and rights manager The Bicycle Music [...]

Here’s the Tidal ‘Declaration’ signed by Madonna, Beyonce and Kanye West

At a bizarre but impressive press conference on Monday (March 30), 16 of the most [...]

BMG grew 20% in 2014 as Bertelsmann revenues hit €16.7bn

The performance of music rights company BMG was a highlight of parent Bertelsmann‘s results in [...]

Cooking Vinyl signs SideOneDummy in Australia

Fresh from inking an international distribution, publishing and marketing deal with INgrooves, US label SideOneDummy [...]

Simon Perry promoted at ReverbNation

Simon Perry has been promoted to the position of Chief Creative Officer, Head of A&R [...]