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 [...]