Music Business News

Kobalt STIM partnership licenses YouTube, iTunes, Spotify and more

Kobalt STIM Aggregated Rights AB, the partnership between Kobalt Music Group (Kobalt) and STIM, has [...]

Canada’s recorded music business dips 2.5% in 2013

The income of Canada’s recorded music market dipped 2.5% in 2013, according to new stats [...]

Imagem Music hires Jason Jordan as US President

Imagem Music, the pop division of independent publisher Imagem Music Group, has appointed Jason Jordan [...]

Ticketmaster expands into Belgium

Ticketmaster has opened an office Brussels, Belgium following its acquisition of the existing local Ticketnet [...]

Morrissey signs to Universal Music’s Harvest in US

Morrissey has signed a worldwide recording agreement with Universal Music‘s Harvest label – part of [...]

Kobalt acquires Steve Winwood catalogue

Kobalt Music Copyrights SARL (KMC) has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to the major song [...]

Germany to adopt streaming data into singles chart

The German music business has decided to adopt streaming data into its recognised singles chart [...]

Dan McCarroll named President, Warner Bros Records

Warner Bros. Records (WBR) has appointed Dan McCarroll as its new President. He was previously [...]

Maik Pallasch named MD of GSA at BMG

BMG announced has appointed Maik Pallasch as Managing Director of GSA (Germany, Switzerland and Austria). [...]

Italy gets new anti-piracy regulation

The Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM) has approved a new regulation intended to fight digital piracy. [...]

Fred Casimir to run BMG’s recordings business worldwide

Fred Casimir has been appoined to direct BMG‘s recordings business worldwide in a new role [...]

Canada’s ole raises $135m to buy music IP

Canada-born rights management company ole has concluded a syndicated financing with seven U.S. banks to [...]

John Dobinson named Group COO of BMG

John Dobinson, currently Chief Operating Officer of BMG Chrysalis UK and Europe, is moving up [...]

Jim Selby named SVP of ole Digital

Jim Selby, former Naxos CEO, has been appointed as the Senior Vice President of ole [...]

‘Big’ Jon Platt promoted to President of Warner/Chappell in US

Jon Platt has been promoted to President, North America of Warner/Chappell Music (WCM). Reporting to [...]