Music Business News

Hard Rock launching festival in Barcelona in July

Hard Rock International will host the first-ever Hard Rock Rising Barcelona Music Festival in Spain [...]

Universal challenges YouTube singer/songwriters to ‘win a record deal’

Universal Music Group‘s UK-based services company, Caroline International, is giving amateur performers the chance to [...]

Abbey Road launches worldwide music production Diploma

London’s Abbey Road Studios has moved into education by launching a 12-month Advanced Diploma in [...]

Italian crowdfunding platform has helped artists raise €1.6m – now it’s launching in UK and US

An Italian music-focused Kickstarter rival, Musicraiser, is opening offices in London and New York. To [...]

BBC Radio 1 must slash live music coverage

BBC Radio 1‘s coverage of live music will be significantly reduced after the BBC Trust [...]

Read Gaye family’s open letter on Blurred Lines and ‘protecting great music’

The music industry has been a slightly paranoid place to be in the wake of [...]

Jonathan Morrish now working with PRS and PPL in the UK

UK publishing and songwriting collection society PRS for Music has announced that Jonathan Morrish is [...]

Freemium made $500m less than Premium in the US last year

Back in January, we learnt that the US public had streamed music on-demand 164 billion [...]

Armenia named Country Of Honour at Midem 2015

International music business B2B event Midem has announced that Armenia will be the Country of [...]

Landrover partners with Sony Music Middle East

SUV maker Land Rover has teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment Middle East for a [...]

Warner shuts down US vinyl retailer Insound

Insound, an online US vinyl and turntable retailer founded 16 years ago, is being shut [...]

BBC Radio 2 told it’s too white as it reaches just 12% of BAME adults

The UK’s biggest radio station, BBC Radio 2, has been told that it must do [...]

Dutch Universal label Top Notch partners with telecom brand

Universal Music’s hip hop label in the Netherlands, Top Notch, has partnered with youth telecom [...]

Warner ’50 times oversubscribed’ as 140 indies bid for assets

Now we know why it’s taking Warner so long to sell $200m+ in assets to [...]

Filippo Sugar named Chairman of Italian collection society SIAE

Italian musical works collection society SIAE, chaired by Maestro Franco Micalizzi, has appointed Filippo Sugar [...]