Music Business News
Spanish music promoters protest over ‘absurd’ VAT rates
Spain’s live music and theatre industries are protesting against VAT rates for live events in [...]
Pandora: Our $0.001 per stream payout is ‘very fair’ on artists. And besides, now we can help them sell tickets.
Pandora founder Tim Westergren has claimed that the company is paying out “very fair” sums [...]
MCN Rightster strikes music deal with Microsoft Lumia
Microsoft’s phone brand Lumia has turned to one of the world’s biggest Multi Channel Networks, [...]
Live Nation wins six-year ‘monopoly’ US legal battle
A US federal court has ruled in favor of Live Nation after it was accused [...]
Warner revives Giant as singles label in Sweden
Warner Music is resurrecting the Giant brand as a singles-only label in Sweden to help [...]
ASCAP promotes Lummel to head ‘transformation’ of company
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, announced the promotion of Lynne Lummel [...]
Global dives into US market with ex-AEG boss Randy Phillips
The UK’s biggest commercial radio operator, Global, has announced its long-rumoured expansion in the US, [...]
BMI hires Warner/Chappell’s Sweeney as Global Policy head
Collection society Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) – currently battling in court for higher royalty payouts [...]
Van Halen catalogue to be administered by Atlas Music Publishing
Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen of classic rock group Van Halen have signed [...]
Irish recorded music industry tumbles to €33m annual income
A new study has found that Ireland’s music industry contributes over €470 million to the [...]
Vevo suffers blow as Universal signs windowing deal with Vessel
Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed a deal with premium online video service Vessel that [...]
Kobalt swoops for Drive movie score company CEG Rights
Kobalt has acquired CEG Rights BV, a publishing administration business dealing mainly in music for [...]
Jay Z is buying a streaming service that ‘is not fully funded for the coming year’
Jay Z may need to show deep pockets if his latest acquisition, HQ streaming service [...]
The Prodigy’s label in Canada signs deal with Universal
Universal Music Canada (UMC) has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Toronto-based electronic label FMLY [...]
Sony Music gets supercharged: new investment and spin-out into its own company coming
Sony Music is going ‘independent’: Sony Corporation has announced a restructuring plan that will see [...]