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 [...]