Music Business News

LINE completes MixRadio acquisition

Japan-based free messaging app company, LINE Corporation, has fully completed its deal to acquire the [...]

Rhapsody signs major licensing deal with Twitter

Users of streaming service Rhapsody can now tweet songs to their followers, thanks to a [...]

Gary Overton to step down as CEO of Sony Music Nashville

Gary Overton is to leave his position as CEO of Sony Music Nashville at the [...]

Kendrick Lamar breaks global streaming record on Spotify

Tracks from Kendrick Lamar’s new album To Pimp A Butterfly were streamed more than 9.6M [...]

Sony fully acquires The Orchard in $200m deal

Sony will be the 100% owner of music distribution company The Orchard after the end [...]

SoundExchange agrees rates with NPR and CPB

Recorded music rights PRO SoundExchange has reached a settlement agreement with NPR and the Corporation [...]

PRS helps shut down karaoke torrent site

Detectives from the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) have shut down karaoke torrent [...]

Gracenote veteran Stephen White named Dubset CEO

Stephen White has been named Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Dubset [...]

How to make money on YouTube… by YouTube

YouTube has launched a new YouTube For Artists tool, which offers performers data and insight [...]

Universal builds its own streaming music app, Mondia Mix

Universal Music has jointly developed a new white label streaming app – designed to allow [...]

PPL international revenues rise 6% to £36.4m

UK recorded music collection society PPL saw 6% uplift in its international revenues in 2014 [...]

SFX lost $130.5m in 2014 – Sillerman buyback plan confirmed

US-based EDM promoter SFX – which runs festivals and events as well as being a [...]

Jay Z isn’t quite the owner of Tidal just yet

Jay Z-led investment group Project Panther Bidco expected to announce that it had fully acquired [...]

Canada’s Juno Awards 2015: Kiesza, The Weeknd, Caribou amongst 37 winners

Canada’s biggest music awards ceremony, the Junos, took place over two days this weekend – [...]

Colin Daniels promoted to CEO of the Inertia Group

Colin Daniels has been promoted to CEO of the Inertia Group, the Australian full-service music [...]