As members of the independent community, we need to think strategically – not just about our own businesses, not just about ...

Merck Mercuriadis aims to buy back the music rights he sold to the private equity firm while building a new investment ...

Aventhis, who doesn’t exist, has over a million monthly Spotify listeners. Everything appears to be in order – but it’s not.

Universal Music Group has appointed Kayla Schmandt to the role of Vice President, Digital Strategy, Africa, Middle East, and ...

Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, has appointed Jessica ...

MBW’s World Leaders is a regular series in which we turn the spotlight toward some of the most influential industry figures ...

The creators behind Aventhis and other AI ‘artists’ might not actually own the rights to the music they upload to streaming ...

Virgin Music Group is having its say. To date, JT Myers and Nat Pastor, the co-CEOs of the global independent services ...

Downtown deal “would exacerbate market concentration and further reduce the options available to composers and songwriters,” ...

The rejection signals a victory to creative industry groups that have campaigned against what they see as an attempt to ...

The following commentary comes from Kenny Gates, the CEO and co-founder of [PIAS], a powerhouse of independent music that was established 43 years ago. [PIAS] was fully acquired by Universal Music ...

NewJeans has failed to challenge a court injunction preventing the K-pop group from pursuing independent activities without ...