Music Business News
SoundCloud ads are paying out €150k a month
Six months after SoundCloud commercialised its music with its On SoundCloud partner program, the company [...]
‘A&R app’ Tradiio launches in UK, raises $975k
A Portugese music discovery platform whose creators claim that Universal Music uses it for A&R [...]
Mumford & Sons to release banjo-free third album in May
Mumford & Sons will release their third album, Wilder Mind, on May 4. The LP [...]
Warner Music promotes James Steven to EVP, Comms & Marketing
Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) has promoted British exec James Steven to the post of [...]
Sony/ATV appoints Republic’s Rick Krim as Co-President, US
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has appointed Rick Krim as Co-President in the US. Krim, who moves [...]
Swiss Music Awards: Ed Sheeran, Coldplay bag honours
The Swiss Music Awards 2015 took place in Zurich on Friday, with Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, [...]
Lyor Cohen signs Meg Mac to 300 Entertainment
Australian artist Meg Mac has signed to Lyor Cohen’s 300 Entertainment for the world release [...]
Believe Digital signs JV with Prime Direct Distribution
Believe Digital has signed a partnership with long-standing digital & physical distributor Prime Direct Distribution. [...]
That U2 Apple stunt wasn’t the disaster you might think it was
Remember U2’s album giveaway with Apple at the end of last summer? And how the [...]
Who were Universal’s most important artists in 2014?
Universal Music Group might have made less money in 2014 than it did in 2013 [...]
APRA Music Awards 2015: All the nominees
The nominees have been announced for the biggest awards event in the Australian music business. [...]
Breyon Prescott joins Epic Records in the US
Breyon Prescott has been named Head of Urban A&R, Epic Records in the US. Prescott [...]
Universal Music Group sales fell 6.7% in 2014 – as EU income overtook America
Universal Music Group‘s full-year revenue fell 6.7% in 2014 to €4.56bn, as its recorded music [...]
Universal Music Group readying €7m swoop for Croatia’s biggest label, say sources
Universal Music Group is reportedly in negotiations to buy one of South-East Europe’s biggest independent [...]
Friday Global Releases: ‘Terribly disruptive’ or ‘compelling logic?’
The IFPI‘s announcement that Friday is the new official weekly Global Release Day for the [...]