Music Business News

Denmark’s recorded music industry grows 1.8%

Denmark’s recorded music industry posted its biggest annual income for four years in 2014, growing [...]

Martin Mills: New Billboard chart risks dumbing down music

Beggars Group boss Martin Mills delivered an impassioned speech in London this morning, expressing his [...]

INgrooves secures string of new publishing and neighbouring rights deals

The Rights Services division of INgrooves Music Group has announced new deals across their music [...]

24-7 Entertainment CEO Frank Taubert steps down after 15 years

The CEO and founder of 24-7 Entertainment, Frank Taubert, is stepping down from the top [...]

India’s Wynk Music cruises to 5m downloads milestone

India’s largest telecommunications service provider, Bharti Airtel has confirmed that its carrier-agnostic music application – [...]

HMV launches ticketing operation in the UK with SeeTickets

The ‘new’ HMV, under Hilco’s management, has launched a new ticketing operation in partnership with [...]

Sweden’s STIM defends itself against songwriter accusations

Swedish musical works collection society STIM has reacted to accusations made by 133 songwriters in [...]

Physical music retailers grew 20% in the UK last year

The number of physical stores selling music in the UK reached an all-time record in [...]

Spotify pushes Premium in Turkey with Vodafone deal

Spotify is launching Premium membership in Turkey for the first time as part of a [...]

Minder Music settles in Ariana Grande infringement case

British independent publisher Minder Music has settled a copyright infringement action against Ariana Grande and others. [...]

Rob Wells exits Universal Music Group

Rob Wells, Universal’s President Of Global Digital Business, is leaving the company after 14 years, [...]

Forever young? The average age of today’s biggest pop stars is 38

Thought pop was music made for teenagers, by teenagers? Not anymore: the average age of [...]

Vevo rival AdRev paid out $14.8m to music rights-holders in 2014

YouTube upload and analytics service AdRev tripled its royalty payouts to music rights-holders in 2014 [...]

Warner pulls catalogue from Simfy in Germany

Warner Music has pulled its music catalogue from Germany’s third-biggest streaming service. Tracks from Warner [...]

Major labels look to crush The Pirate Bay in Sweden

Major record and movie companies in Sweden have united to kick off a legal battle [...]