Music Business News

Pharrell ruled EU radio in 2014 – but Milky Chance stuck up for the independents

Stolen Dance by German duo Milky Chance was the only fully independent track in the [...]

MAMA Group to be sold in next few weeks?

Music Business Worldwide is hearing rumours that the owner of UK live music promoter MAMA [...]

You won’t believe how much K-Pop stars are earning. No, really, you won’t.

Record industry crisis? What record industry crisis? The income of South Korean ‘K-Pop’ singers has [...]

Live Nation makes entrance into Thailand with new JV

Live Nation is setting up its first office in Thailand – but it’s not going [...]

Primary Wave takes on Hollywood talent under new merger

US music group Primary Wave has merged its talent management division with Intellectual Artists Management [...]

Stefan Baumschlager joins YouTube as publishing Manager

Rdio’s head of European partnerships, Stefan Baumschlager, left the streaming company abruptly at the end [...]

Gaming video giant Twitch now offers 500 royalty-free music tracks

Video gaming online video leader Twitch has launched two new music products – working with [...]

Shutterstock snaps up royalty-free music firm PremiumBeat for $32m

Royalty-free images giant Shutterstock has fully acquired PremiumBeat, a ‘leading provider of exclusive, high-quality music [...]

Sonisphere Festival 2015 scrapped in UK

One of the biggest rock festival brands in the world, Sonisphere, won’t be hosting an [...]

BMG teams with Nacho Cano’s publishing company Yogisongs

BMG is to administer songs from Spanish star Nacho Cano’s publishing company Yogisongs. Cano set [...]

Spotify refuseniks Placebo hand keys to their digital catalogue to Kobalt

Kobalt Label Services (KLS) is getting into the digital catalogue game: it’s signed what it’s [...]

Rdio restructures in Europe with three key hires

Streaming service Rdio has restructured its UK-based European operation, adding three new key execs in [...]

After teaming up with Spotify, now Uber partners with Live Nation

Taxi service Uber has struck a deal with Live Nation in the US that will [...]

Rdio launches in India

Rdio has launched in India, becoming one of a handful of streaming services in the [...]

HMV now the No.1 physical music retailer in the UK

The resurgent HMV is now bigger than Amazon when it comes to CD and vinyl [...]