Rammstein to begin mixing new album; three-year tour planned
German metal giants Rammstein are working on their first album in 10 years - next month they will start mixing it (probably with the help of Rich…
Liberty Media manifests interest into buying a stake in Universal Music Group
Last September, SiriusXM, majority-owned by Liberty, announced that it had fully acquired Pandora for $3.5bn. This led online magazine "Music…
Sony completes deal to acquire EMI Music Publishing
According to an SEC filing posted on November 14th, Sony has finally completed its $2.3bn acquisition of EMI Music Publishing. Sony Corp’s operation…
Keith Richards brings solo catalogue to BMG
Keith Richards just signed a new worldwide with BMG, which secured itself the legendary guitarist's solo solocatalogue. The agreement brings…
Kanye West's new album "Yandhi" postponed again
Rap mogul Kanye West postponed once again the release date of his next album "Yandhi". Originally it was due out in September, then it was pushed…
Is Hulu going to expand globally?
Disney will soon own a 60% stake in video-streaming service Hulu, thanks to its buyout of 21st Century Fox. This way the company will have a bigger…
Festicket's Series D funding round raises $10.5m
Festicket, the festival ticketing and travel platform, just raised $10.5m in its Series D funding round - led by VC firm Beringea, with InMotion…
Neil Young's home burns in California wildfires
Canadian-born rocker Neil Young lost his home to the wildfires currently ravaging the state. In a post to his website, the musician broke the news…
Spotify launches analytics for music publishers
Streaming giant Spotify was already offering analytics for labels and distributors, and - separately - for artists and their managers; now it added…
YouTube claims it paid out over $1.8bn to music rights-holders
Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube just claimed that it paid out over $1.8bn to music rights-holders in the 12 months to the end of…
Sonic Youth share music archive of live recordings
Noise rock giants Sonic Youth, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal 1988 album "Daydream Nation", are launching a series of events…
Kobalt and partners launch new neighbouring-rights organisation
Kobalt is teaming up with publishing companies Wixen Music UK and Inside Baseball Music Publishing to launch a new organisation called IAFAR - which…
Spotify plans to buy back up to $1bn in stock
Streaming giant Spotify announced a plan to buy back up to $1bn of its stock - representing up to 10m of ordinary shares in the company. The…
Pandora shares financial results: subscriptions grow, but active-listeners decline
US streaming service Pandora is going to be bought by satellite-radio company SiriusXM, but for the moment it's an independent, public company. It…
Spice Girls announce reunion tour, but Victoria Beckham won't join them
The Spice Girls just announced a 2019 reunion tour, but they will perform without founding member Victoria Beckham. Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown…
Apple’s services revenue reach quarterly high of $10bn
Apple just announced an impressive set of quarterly financial results. Indeed, the comany's revenues were up 20% year-on-year to $62.9bn, and its…
Spotify up to 87m subscribers and 191m listeners
Streaming giant Spotify published its financial results for the third quarter of 2018; the big news is that it now has 191 million monthly active…
Sony Music revenues up 5.8% so far this year
In the first nine months of 2018, Sony global recorded music revenues surpassed $2.87bn; that's to say up $158m, or 5.8%, on the same period of…
Chinese startup Bytedance valued at $75bn following new funding round
Chinese firm Bytedance is now "the world’s most valuable startup" according to TechCrunch, with a valuation of $75bn that even exceeds Uber…
Unreleased George Michael music to be featured in "Last Christmas" movie
Reportedly, the new Paul Feig movie - called "Last Christmas" and due out on November 15, 2019 - will feature unreleased music by George…
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