Music Business News
Montana catalogue bought by BMG in Germany
The Montana Musikverlag master and publishing rights catalogue has been acquired by BMG. Regarded as [...]
Universal buys Eagle Rock Entertainment
Just 18 months after it closed the acquisition of EMI Music, Universal has got its [...]
Fatboy Slim catalogue is BMG’s as Skint sells up
Fatboy Slim’s multi-million selling catalogue of recordings has been snapped up by BMG as part [...]
Indie labels license Beats Music
Spotify rival Beats Music has signed a licensing deal with global independent label rights agency [...]
Ben Cook becomes Atlantic Records UK President
Asylum Records boss Ben Cook has been appointed President of Atlantic Records in the UK. [...]
Nokia MixRadio launches in China
Free platform Nokia MixRadio has launched in China – making it the first major streaming [...]
Kaz Kobayashi named Warner Japan CEO, Utsumi in as COO
Media veteran Kazuyuki (Kaz) Kobayashi has joined Warner Music Japan as its new Chief Executive [...]
Imagem signs deal with Brett Gurewitz’s Mothership
Imagem Publishing Group has signed a long-term publishing agreement representing the catalogues of Mothership Music [...]
Sylvia Rhone named President of Epic Records in US
Sylvia Rhone has been named President of Epic Records in the US. She will report [...]
US recorded music revenues flat in 2013 – RIAA report
US recorded music shipment revenues dipped slightly in 2013 by 0.3% to $7 billion, with [...]
Indian High Court enforces torrent site blackout
India’s High Court in Calcutta has passed a ruling requiring 387 Indian ISPs to block [...]
Cooking Vinyl unveils ‘publishing services’ model in US
The New York-based arm of the Cooking Vinyl Group, CV America, is offering clients a [...]
Dell founder’s group makes investment in Kobalt
MSD Capital, L.P., the private investment firm of Dell computers founder Michael S. Dell, has [...]
Spotify buys The Echo Nest to fuel discovery mechanism
Spotify has acquired music consumption intelligence company, The Echo Nest. The Echo Nest will continue [...]
ole acquires music rights to The Expendables, Rambo IV and more
Canada-born rights management company ole has acquired both the music publishing and audio master catalogue [...]