Music Business News

Universal’s Max Hole, PPL’s Keith Harris awarded Birthday Honours

The CEO and Chairman of Universal Music Group International, Max Hole, has been awarded a [...]

Global Release Day begins on Friday, July 10

Get ready for ‘New Music Fridays’: the official new global release day for music will [...]

AXS and Veritix merge to take on Ticketmaster

Outbox AXS, founded in 2011 by partners AEG, Cirque du Soleil and industry veteran Jean-Francoys [...]

100 staff laid off at Blinkbox Music Ltd as Guvera dumps UK office

Australian streaming company Guvera acquired its UK rival Blinkbox Music in January from Tesco in [...]

So Spotify CAN do premium-only music… but just this once

Spotify has hosted its first ever premium-only track, but insists it is not part of [...]

Nick Gatfield launches Twin Music Inc to plug A&R funding gap

Former Sony Music UK boss Nick Gatfield has taken the wraps off his new venture, [...]

If Apple Music’s free trial is worth $4.4bn, why aren’t indies being paid?

No wonder independent labels are up in arms about being paid zero royalties from Apple [...]

Universal: We didn’t collude with Apple to kill Spotify freemium

Universal Music Group has denied any collusion with Apple to try and force Spotify to [...]

Beth Wijayarathna exits Wixen Music UK

The Managing Director of Wixen Music UK, Beth Wijayarathna, has left the company, MBW has [...]

BMG signs digital rights deal with Germany’s GEMA for 38 countries

BMG and German collection society GEMA have signed a new three year deal covering the [...]

Apple Music contract: Fears grow it will ‘punch hole into music biz income’

Will music from the likes of Adele, Arctic Monkeys and The Prodigy be available on [...]

Spotify hits 20m paying subscribers, 75m total active users

Just hours after confirming a $526m investment round, Spotify has announced that it has now attracted [...]

Ticketmaster acquires Front Gate Tickets and Universe

Ticketmaster is growing its presence in the festival and DIY ticketing space with two new [...]

Spotify fights back: $526m funding secured to battle Apple Music

It’s on: artists are going to be at the centre of the biggest marketing war [...]

Universal launches Infinity with Alejandro Fernández in Mexico

Universal Music Group has launched a new JV in Mexico, Infinity, with one of the [...]