Peter Leathem on what a £1 billion PPL-PRS merger would mean for the music industry

Could PPL and PRS one day merge operations? It’s a question PPL CEO Peter Leathem addresses in the latest edition of Music Week. If it did happen, the two organisations would become one of the biggest PROs (Performance Rights Organisation) in the world based on combined 2021 revenue of ...

Bucks Music signs Kathryn Williams to worldwide deal

Can Running Up That Hill hold No.1 for a second week?

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300 Elektra Entertainment launches as frontline label group at Warner Music

UMG licenses Audiomack for Africa, UK and Canada

Warner Music Group CEO Steve Cooper to step down

Warner Music Group CEO Steve Cooper is to step down. The chief executive of the major will exit in 2023 following the search for a successor. The transition ...

MCPR announces Jack Delaney as new head of talent

Communications agency MCPR has welcomed Jack Delaney as new head of talent. Formerly head of music at Outside Organisation, and founder of Number 23 agency, Delaney brings 16 ...

Reservoir spent $224 million on deals following IPO

Reservoir has reported financial results for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The results are the first for the independent as a publicly listed company. It ...

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Music Week Women In Music Awards nominations open for November 11 ceremony

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Glassnote Records partners with The Orchard on global distribution

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