Music Business News

UK Official Chart day to move from Sunday – US likely to follow

The new Global Release Day will mean that the announcement of the UK’s Official Singles [...]

Google Ventures pumps funds into Kobalt, leads $60m investment round

Music publishing and rights company Kobalt has raised US $60 million in a funding round [...]

Spotify introduces lyrics but phases out third-party apps on desktop

Users of Spotify‘s desktop service will now be able to read the lyrics of the [...]

Sony DADC global boss Dieter Daum exits company

The executive who has led Sony DADC for more than a decade, Dieter Daum, is [...]

Live Nation revenue hit $6.9bn in 2014

Live Nation Entertainment posted a 6% rise in revenue for 2014’s calendar year, up to [...]

Global Release Day confirmed as Friday; backed by HMV, Spotify

The IFPI has confirmed that from this summer, the official global release day for new [...]

Streaming worth more than downloads in 24 markets for [PIAS]

Global independent music group [PIAS] has revealed that its streaming income topped revenue from downloads [...]

BRITs snub for independents as Sony acts lead winners’ list

Independent artists weren’t deemed worthy of a single award at last night’s BRITs in London [...]

Swedish Grammis 2015: First Aid Kit and Max Martin win big

The Swedish music industry gathered at Stockholm’s Circus last night for the country’s annual Grammis [...]

ITB founder Barry Dickins to collect Primavera prize

The co-founder of International Talent Booking (ITB), Barry Dickins, will collect the Primavera Award in [...]

Apple ordered to pay $532.9m in iTunes patent infringement trial

Apple has been ordered to pay US $532.9m after a US federal jury ruled yesterday [...]

Warner Music concludes $11.5m settlement case with artists

Warner Music Group will today (February 25) conclude a long-running $11.5m settlement with more than [...]

Bicycle Music Company names Jake Wisely as new CEO

US-based Independent music publisher and rights manager, The Bicycle Music Company, has promoted Jake Wisely [...]

MTV offers two new apps to mobile operators

MTV is to give mobile network operators on-demand access to its content library through the [...]

Brian Message: NDAs causing ‘structural failure’ for music industry

The ‘NDA culture’ surrounding the licensing of catalogues from labels to digital services has left [...]