James Donio, the president of the Music Business Association, made a passionate plea for a better understanding between the creative and the tech communities to ensure "the future of the business...
One week after the Fair Play Fair Pay Day, which saw performing artists lobbying Congress for performance rights on sound recordings, US songwriters will be walking today (May 18) the corridors o...
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By Hayley Sigrist Jack Daniel’s has announced plans for a summer of festival partnerships. Its Jack Rocks programme is set to appear at UK festivals including Liverpool Sound City, Isle of ...
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Lionel Richie is to receive the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Award at this year's ceremony. The O2 Silver Clef Awards are the music therapy charity’s biggest event of the year, and will tak...
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Emerging British artists give multi-million pound boost to UK music exports PRS for Music Foundation’s International Showcase Fund (ISF), which has supported the careers of Slaves, Little Sim...
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Alison Wenham recently announced she would be stepping aside as chair/CEO of the Association of Independent Music (AIM) to take on a new, global role at Worldwide Independent Network (WIN). Wenh...
Geoff Travis’ name is, of course, synonymous with Rough Trade. He founded the original West London record shop and the iconic label and distributor. He still runs Rough Trade Records, now under...
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Universal Music Group’s Francis Keeling is joining Spotify as VP, global head of licensing. Keeling (pictured) has been with UMG for the past 14 years and was most recently its head of glob...
By Coral Williamson & Murray Stassen The Great Escape takes place in Brighton from May 19-21, with 3,500 music industry professionals and thousands of punters descending on the UK’s favourite...
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This is a difficult time to be making music,” says The Heavy’s Dan Taylor. “But we love what we do,” he adds. “We don’t want to go back to what we did before this. That’s always in ...
By Hayley Sigrist Public Service Broadcasting will give the inside track at The Great Escape on how they have developed their offbeat ideas into Top 40 records and live propositions. The band...
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By Hayley Sigrist The Stone Roses' first single in 21 years is leading the way on this week’s Official Trending Chart. The Manchester band are No.4 in the midweek Official Single Chart with...
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Music tech platform Revelator is launching a new playlist analytics service after the recent launch of its mobile analytics app. The company is set to demonstrate its playlist analytics and mob...
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Warner Music Group has promoted John Esposito to chairman & CEO of Warner Music Nashville (WMN). Esposito has been president & CEO of Warner Music Nashville since 2009, when the division was esta...
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The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has received the President's "E" Award for Export Service from US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker at a ceremony in Washington, DC on Ma...
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A2IM receives US award for Export Service The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has received from US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker the President's "E" Award for Export S...
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Today's Official Charts Midweek Sales Flash is in. Justin Timberlake leads the way in the Singles Chart with his comeback track Can't Stop The Feeling. The song, which went straight in at No.3 ...
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By Hayley Sigrist Wandsworth’s Cato Academy has organised the launch of a collection of taster courses for aspiring tour and production managers. Starting in June, the one-day courses will ...
An anti-touting petition, launched just over a week ago and sponsored by Mumford & Sons manager Adam Tudhope has amassed over 34,000 signatures. “We were told that hitting 10,000 signatures w...
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After a breakthrough year, 2016 could have been a case of after the Lord Mayor’s Show for DHP Family. The company co-promoted Ed Sheeran’s trio of Wembley dates, its first stadium concerts, a...
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Tony Barrow, the man who coined the term Fab Four, died on Saturday, May 14 in Morecambe, England at age 80. Barrow, born May 11, 1936, worked with The Beatles from 1962-1968 and went on to wor...
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By Hayley Sigrist TuneCore UK has announced a partnership with The Great Escape festival to present CMU:DIY, a dedicated DIY day designed to educate, guide and support UK independent artists an...
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The third edition of Music Cities Convention will return to Brighton on May 18 and will take place at the Sallis Benney Theatre. The Convention brings together the top minds from municipalities...
Data and metada issues will feature high on the agenda of the Music Biz 2016 convention, held May 16-18 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel, which will gather several thousand industry representat...
!K7 is expanding it’s management division with additional staff and a host of new clients. The company is also re-branding from !K7 Records to !K7 Music. The company offers a range of service...
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