As Music Week’s recent study revealed, nowadays, it takes an average of 4.53 people to write the very biggest hits. No wonder competition in the publishing world is ...
Merlin has announced its billionth dollar in distributions to the independent label sector.
The global digital rights agency for the indies has hit the 10-figure total nine years after it ...
Communion Music Group has signed indie-rock band Peace to its publishing arm, Music Week can reveal. The independent label, promoter and publisher is also planning continued expansion a decade on ...
Kobalt is relocating its UK headquarters to a 40,000 sq ft office at London’s River Building near Cannon Street.
The move sees Kobalt leave their current office in SE1 for ...
AIM and WIN have called on all industry conferences to take the pledge of no more “manels” (all-male panels) and to prioritise greater diversity in their programming.
The appeal comes ...
In the days when the music business was awash with cash, it usually treated neighbouring rights income as you might treat finding loose change down the back of the sofa: ...
Following its use in Virgin Active’s first global marketing campaign at the beginning of the year, Tiggs Da Author’s Fragile has now been picked up by Asda.
First aired last ...
When considering a sync piece for their coverage of 2017’s Champions League Final, contested between Juventus and Real Madrid earlier this month, BT Sport wanted to go above and beyond. ...
There’s a new British invasion in the USA... While Ed Sheeran and Adele have taken control of the US charts, a bunch of executives have sneaked their way to the ...
Mike Smith knows a great artist when he hears one. But then he’s a pretty decent one himself. Over nearly three decades in the music business, Smith has built himself ...