Music Business News

Working in music for the money? You’re doing it wrong.

Is anyone still left working in the music industry purely for the profit? If there [...]

Latent Recordings signs distribution deal with Warner Music Canada

Warner Music Canada has entered in to an exclusive distribution agreement with Latent Recordings, home [...]

SoundExchange nabs MixRadio strategy chief and Live Nation comms boss

US collection society SoundExchange has hired Mark Eisenberg as SVP, Strategic Initiatives and Jacqueline Peterson [...]

Sony/ATV: New Spotify EU deal ‘fairly compensates songwriters’

The world’s biggest music publisher, Sony/ATV, has signed a new licensing deal across Europe with [...]

Roisin Murphy signs to Play It Again Sam

[PIAS]-owned label Play It Again Sam has announced a worldwide licencing agreement with Roisin Murphy, [...]

Swedish songwriters petition for bigger slice of streaming cash

More than 100 professional songwriters and producers in Sweden have signed an open letter to [...]

This free Spotify rival is offering artists a 30% stake in its company

A completely free digital music service, QTrax, is launching publicly in March and says it [...]

France’s Victoires De La Musique: All the winners

France’s annual equivalent to the Grammys, the Victoires De La Musique, took place on Friday [...]

CD sales dying? Not at Warner Music, they’re not…

There may be plenty of doom and gloom around the future of the CD from [...]

Caribou’s Our Love wins ‘European Mercury’

The LP Our Love by Canadian artist Caribou haswon IMPALA‘s annual European Independent Album Award [...]

Nude Music signs Honeyblood

Hotly-tipped Glasgow band Honeyblood have signed a worldwide publishing deal with Nude Music. Nude Music, [...]

Former MTV and RCA bosses behind new music streaming service

A ‘next generation social music experience’ will be at the heart of a new subscription [...]

Zane Lowe quits BBC to join Apple

Zane Lowe, one of the UK’s most recognisable music tastemakers, has quit his presenting role [...]

Canada’s ole strikes deal with Cineflix Media

Canadian rights management company ole is expanding its involvement in the over-the-top (OTT) digital video [...]

Three Six Zero branches out into Hollywood

Calvin Harris, Deadmau5 and Frank Ocean management company Three Six Zero has built on its [...]