Music Business News
Lucian Grainge to receive City Of Hope Award
Universal Music Group boss Lucian Grainge is being honoured with the 2015 Spirit of Life [...]
Global music biz leaders join MBW’s Advisory Board
Music Business Worldwide (MBW) has added two more senior executive figures to its Advisory Board. [...]
Tim Kelly named MD of Inertia Music in Australia
Tim Kelly has been named as the new Managing Director of Inertia Music, part of [...]
StubHub sues Ticketmaster for alleged ticket resale monopoly
The gloves are off in the battle for secondary ticketing supremacy: eBay’s StubHub is suing [...]
Tidal: 16 superstars grab equity in Jay Z’s ‘United Artists of music’
If you were waiting for details of technical specifications from Jay Z’s big Tidal reveal [...]
Spotify arrives on PlayStation in 41 territories
PlayStation Music, which sees Spotify fully integrated on all of Sony‘s PS3 and PS4 consoles, [...]
BMG goes big in China with Alibaba digital deal
The world’s fourth biggest music rights company, BMG, has signed a wide-ranging digital distribution deal [...]
Martin Moulton named GM of Arising Artist
Arising Artist has announced the appointment of former Sony BMG exec and music marketing veteran [...]
Vivendi strikes back at rebel shareholder with €9bn warning
The man trying to force Vivendi to spin-off Universal Music Group into an independent entity [...]
Vivendi share price hits five-year high
Universal Music Group owner Vivendi saw its European stock price go above €22 per share [...]
EC to scrap geo-blocking in Digital Single Market
The European Commission has agreed the key areas it needs to tackle in its Digital [...]
German promoter splits with Ticketmaster in resale protest
Berlin-based tour promoter The MCT Agency has terminated its partnership with Ticketmaster due to its [...]
Madison Square Garden to spin out Sports and Entertainment business
The Madison Square Garden Company has filed to separate its New York-based business into two [...]
BMG signs admin deal with Marco Mengoni publisher in Italy
BMG has signed an administration agreement with the publishing company of Italian star Marco Mengoni, [...]
‘Streaming will double the music business by 2020 – and Universal must go it alone’
The global value of the recorded music industry will nearly double over the next five [...]