This week’s Music Week cover story on Kobalt has proved a major talking point within the biz, as the industry debates the pros and cons of its mould-breaking approach.
CEO ...
Former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows has told Music Week that his former band’s 2006 hit America marked the moment “an indie band became a pop group”.
Speaking in the latest ...
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has honoured songwriters and artists including Dua Lipa, The Amazons and Steve Mac at its ASCAP Awards London ceremony.
The performing rights ...
Sas Metcalfe’s career began in London in recorded music, then took her to publishing with EMI and Warner/Chappell, before she became employee No.001 at Kobalt in 2001. Now the company’s ...
Sony/ATV’s UK managing director and president, worldwide creative Guy Moot has hailed the publisher’s performance, after it once again topped the UK market share charts.
This week’s print edition of ...
The Latin genre has provided some of the summer’s hottest hits – Spotify have just declared Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Feat. Justin Bieber’s Despacito as the No.1 most-streamed song ...
Legendary UK songwriter Paul Heaton has weighed in on the co-writing revolution that’s been sweeping the charts – and he’s not particularly impressed.
Music Week’s recent songwriting issue sparked an ...
Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman and CEO Martin Bandier has called on music streaming services to fully and clearly credit songwriters on their sites.
Bandier (pictured) made the call ...
Time was when you could come to MIDEM and barely hear an artist’s name mentioned. Not any more: day two of the French conference’s 2017 was all about those that ...
MCPS has announced a new ‘long-term’ administration agreement with fellow collection society PRS For Music, bringing to an end the long-running saga over which company would run MCPS’ back office ...
