Music Business News

Adele set to star on Apple Music as Beggars Group finally signs up

The likes of Adele, Vampire Weekend and The Libertines will almost certainly be available on [...]

HMV starts selling CD and vinyl online for first time in over 2 years

HMV is selling CDs and vinyl to consumers online for the first time since the [...]

Dave Stewart launching ‘The Voice for songwriters’ as he signs to BMG

Musician, songwriter and entrepreneur Dave Stewart has inked a wide-ranging agreement with Bertelsmann-owned BMG covering [...]

Blinkbox sale ends Thursday, includes ‘loyal audience’

The deadline for bids on beleaguered Blinkbox Music ends 4pm BST this Thursday (June 25) [...]

Kobalt signs TV On The Radio for publishing

Kobalt Music Publishing (KMP) has signed a worldwide deal with popular Brooklyn indie band, TV [...]

Apple Music: Artists WILL be paid for free trial after Taylor Swift letter

It appears the world’s independent labels owe Taylor Swift a drink. Following the pop megastar’s [...]

Taylor Swift ‘shocked and disappointed’ by Apple Music contract

Taylor Swift has strongly condemned Apple’s refusal to pay artists, labels, songwriters and publishers any [...]

Taylor Swift’s 1989 won’t be on Apple Music – but will be on iTunes

The biggest-selling album of 2014 won’t be available to stream on Apple Music when it [...]

Spotify downloaded over 5 million times on PlayStation devices

Spotify has been downloaded more than 5 million times on Sony PlayStation devices since becoming [...]

The slow death of free? SoundCloud imposes 24-hour limits on apps

It’s getting harder and harder to run a completely free music service these days. SoundCloud [...]

Jason Iley brings Roc Nation’s Dorothy Hui to Sony Music UK

Sony Music UK has appointed Roc Nation’s Dorothy Hui as its VP Digital Business. Jason Iley [...]

Spotify hits Apple where it hurts: 2 month free offer kicks off in Europe

On June 30, Apple Music will launch, offering consumers three months free access to its [...]

Apple Music: Now German and French indies rail against contract

Apple must have thought this was going to be simple: deliver independent labels a contract [...]

Warner wastes no time filling in for departing COO Rob Wiesenthal

It took Warner Music Group precisely one day to find someone to step into the [...]

Spotify just hired the man who took Netflix onto the stock market

If Spotify is planning on executing an IPO in the near future, it’s certainly just [...]