UK-based global D2C e-commerce music retailer and distributor Townsend Music has been acquired by Dutch company Artone.
The acquisition is a good fit for Artone, which provides a comprehensive ...
Townsend Music has signed Kaiser Chiefs for a new studio album set for release in 2023 in partnership with Absolute/Utopia, V2 and The Orchard.
The album has been produced by ...
The Sherlocks are celebrating a second Top 10 album.
While the band have a proven chart track record, they’ve done it without a label partner on this campaign after exiting ...
Feeder and Sea Power (formerly British Sea Power) will both release new albums in the first quarter of 2022 via Townsend Music’s D2C+ offering, with Absolute providing label services.
D2C ...
Townsend Music is expanding its offering by launching a new service under the banner of D2C Plus.
The direct to consumer specialist is signing select artists, labels and other rights-holders to bring a range of ...
There’s a big albums chart battle this week between BMG’s Gary Numan and Polydor’s Olivia Rodrigo in the latest Midweeks.
Gary Numan reached No.2 with 2017’s Savage (43,304 sales ...
Townsend Music has hired Paul Barton as acquisitions manager, as the company’s recent expansion continues.
With experience across labels, publishing and D2C, Barton brings Supergrass under Townsend’s umbrella ahead of ...
The recorded music industry is weathering the storm of Covid-19. But there have still been dips in revenue as a result of lost physical sales for the majors.
But ...
As exclusively revealed in the new edition of Music Week, Townsend Music has hired former Transistor Music and PledgeMusic digital manager Paul ‘Barney’ Barnes as their head of digital.
An ...
Townsend wants to help artists launch careers via its Making Music platform.
While acts with fanbases such as Gary Numan, James and Shed Seven have utilised the funding option, Townsend ...
