Music Business News

Universal invested big money in Uber back in 2008. (No, not that Uber.)

So near, and yet so far. Uber, the private taxi hire company, the one that [...]

Amazon launches in Mexico, selling CD and vinyl to local market

Amazon.com has launched its physical goods store in Mexico, selling CD and vinyl to the [...]

Now Prince quits Spotify and other streaming services

You’ll be able to stream to Prince on Tidal today, but that’s it. After his [...]

Jessica Rivera steps up to EVP at UMPG in New York

Jessica Rivera has been promoted to the new position of Executive Vice President/Head of East [...]

Ministry Of Sound has not licensed Apple Music

Generally speaking, Apple Music‘s off to a flyer – and the world’s big independent labels [...]

Kilimanjaro challenges Ticketmaster in UK with new ticketing platform

Kilimanjaro Live ltd has launched www.MyTicket.co.uk which will be a purchase hub for all of [...]

Zane Lowe may have started a bidding war for unsigned UK act Spring King…

Before today, not many people will have heard of unsigned Manchester act Spring King. Zane [...]

Apple Music: Here’s the feature record labels will REALLY love

The first impressions of Apple Music suggest that the app is going down a storm, [...]

Apple Music doesn’t have Prince…

Apple Music is here, and according to the early reaction on social media, it’s going [...]

Topspin co-founder joins Pandora as VP of Product

The co-founder of e-commerce, marketing and D2F platform Topspin, Shamal Ranasinghe, has joined Pandora as [...]

Chris Squire: Carlin Music and Jerry Greenberg pay tribute

One of the most renowned bassists in rock music history, Chris Squire from Yes, died [...]

Michael Gudinski biography set for release next month

Michael Gudinski, founder of Australia’s Mushroom Records, is one of the global music industry’s true [...]

Randi Olsen promoted to SVP, Income Tracking and Analytics at UMPG

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has promoted Randi Olsen to Senior Vice President, Income Tracking [...]

BMG acquires Nina Simone, Johnny Cash and John Coltrane copyrights

BMG has fully acquired New York independent Verse Music Group for an undisclosed fee, including [...]

Chris Blackwell signs with Kobalt: ‘The future of music publishing’

Music industry legend Chris Blackwell has signed a global publishing administration deal with Kobalt for [...]