Music Business News

Thom Yorke slams Spotify as albums are removed

Radiohead star Thom Yorke and the band’s ‘six member’, producer Nigel Godrich, have hit out [...]

Spotify tells Thom Yorke: ‘We’re committed to artists’

Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich have heavily criticised Spotify‘s business model in recent days, suggesting [...]

Warner buys Parlophone for £487m

Warner Music Group has completed the purchase of Parlophone Label Group from Universal for £487 [...]

Marco Alboni appointed CEO of Warner Music Italy

Marco Alboni has been appointed Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Italy. Alboni most recently [...]

Chunk of Rolling Stones’ publishing goes to BMG

BMG is to directly handle The Rolling Stones post-1983 music publishing catalogue, after striking a [...]

Universal, Sony, [PIAS] and InGrooves partner with BMG on Sanctuary and Mute catalogues

BMG has appointed four key marketing and distribution partners to handle its newly-acquired Sanctuary and [...]

Ticketmaster opens HQ in Austria

Ticketmaster has opened a new office in Vienna, Austria – its second recent entry into [...]

Warner acquires Gala Records Group in Russia

Warner Music Group (WMG) has acquired the Gala Records Group (Gala) – Russia’s biggest independent [...]

Mike Jbara named new President, Worldwide for ADA

Warner‘s Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) has promoted Mike Jbara to the newly-created role of President, [...]

Live Nation cleared in CTS liability case in Germany

Live Nation has avoided a potential payout in excess of $200m after being cleared of [...]

Ticketmaster to expand analytics service across Europe and Australia

Ticketmaster has launched LiveAnalytics, a market data service it says will ‘allow clients to better [...]

Daft Punk extend deal with Imagem Music

Daft Punk have extended their music publishing deal with Imagem Music UK. Imagem will publish [...]

Caroline signs deal with ATO Records for US

Universal‘s Caroline has signed an exclusive US agreement with independent label ATO Records that will [...]

Rob Wells promoted to Universal Music board

Universal Music Group (UMG) has promoted Rob Wells, President of Global Digital Business, to serve [...]

Live Nation expands foothold in Asia

Live Nation has signed a joint venture with Lushington Entertainments Pte Ltd – Live Nation [...]