Music Business News
BMG completes Famous and Virgin Music catalogue acquisitions
BMG has concluded the acquisition from Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing of music [...]
Global Repertoire Database will be based in London
The global headquarters of the Global Repertoire Database (GRD) project will be based in London, [...]
Kevin Brown joins Spotify as EU label relations boss
Former EMI, BMG and Polygram exec Kevin Brown has joined Spotify in the newly-created role [...]
Sunny Chang named Universal Music China boss
Sunny Chang has been appointed as Universal Music‘s new Chairman and CEO for Greater China. [...]
Universal Music Publishing buys Criterion
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has fully acquired Criterion Music Corporation and its affiliated entities, [...]
Criterion Music fully acquired by Universal Music Publishing
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has acquired Criterion Music Corporation and its affiliated entities, including [...]
Eagle Rock’s Andy McIntyre joins Arising Artist
Eagle Rock Entertainment A&R Manager Andy McIntyre has left the company to become General Manager [...]
BMG completes Mute and Sanctuary buyouts
BMG has officially completed the acquisitions of recorded music catalogues Mute and Sanctuary from Universal [...]
Robbie Lear named GM of Warner’s Get In Latin America
Warner Music-owned artist services company Get In Latin America has appointed Robbie Lear as its [...]
Nick Raphael heads up Capitol Records UK
Capitol Records UK has officially launched at Universal Music, led by Nick Raphael as President. [...]
Kobalt hires Nestor Casonu as it plots Latin America expansion
Kobalt Music Group (Kobalt) has brought in Nestor Casonu, the former CEO of EMI Latin [...]
Jay Z’s Roc Nation signs Universal partnership
Roc Nation, the US-based entertainment company founded by Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter has entered into [...]
Hilco rescues HMV UK in £50m deal
Restructuring specialist Hilco Capital has swooped for debt-stricken retailer HMV in the UK, for a [...]
SACEM and UMPG sign global YouTube agreement
France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) has signed a landmark licensing [...]
Imagem Music opens LA office, Shari Reich in as Director of A&R
Imagem Music has opened its first office in Los Angeles and hired Shari Reich as [...]