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Buma/Stemra outsources admin in new ICE agreement
In a bid to stay on the right side of the much-debated European Directive on [...]
Rebecca Allen becomes Decca MD in UK
Rebecca Allen is now one of the few women around the world to lead a [...]
Cooking Vinyl Group backs new royalty collection company
Cooking Vinyl Group has been revealed as the co-founder of a new company designed to [...]
Spotify net losses hit €58m in 2013
Spotify’s net losses in 2013 hit €58 million, according to new figures from holding company [...]
Rammstein albums added to Spotify
The entire back catalogue of heavy rock band Rammstein has been added to Spotify by [...]
Ticketmaster opens office in Poland
Poland is set to welcome a new office from one of the biggest companies in [...]
Sony’s Denis Handlin named chairman of IFPI Asia-Pacific
Denis Handlin has been appointed as chairman of the Asia/Pacific Regional Board of global recorded [...]
Now Spotify turns a profit in France
Spotify’s Paris-based French comapny turned a profit for the first time in 2013 – following [...]
BMG grows presence in China with Giant Jump JV
BMG‘s office in China has created a new global rights management joint venture with Giant [...]
BMG buys US rock label Vagrant Records
BMG Chrysalis US has announced that it has acquired leading LA-based indie rock label Vagrant [...]
Ann Tausis named Kobalt Neighbouring Rights MD
Kobalt Neighbouring Rights (KNR) has appointed Ann Tausis as its new Managing Director. Tausis’s London-based [...]
Tencent strikes deal with Warner Music in China
Tencent Holdings Limited has signed a wide-ranging agreement with Warner Music Group, which includes the [...]
‘Taylor Swift is absolutely right’: Spotify flies past 50m users worldwide
Spotify has steamed past the 50m registered user barrier, with 12.5 million people now paying [...]
Richard Conlon becomes Special Advisor to UMPG
Richard Conlon, former Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media for Broadcast [...]
Spotify income now 13% higher than iTunes for Kobalt in EU
Kobalt is now firmly established as one of the biggest music publishers on earth – [...]