Deezer, Jazz FM Partner To Honor Iconic Record Labels
Deezer has announced a partnership with Jazz FM in honor of International Jazz Day. The streaming service has joined forces with the radio station on a new series called ‘Jazz Stories,’. Continue reading
Warner Music Responds To Songkick Concert Listing Concerns: ‘We’re still here for you”
After Songkick announced that it was shutting down its concert ticket sales division, many musicians and music marketers became concerned that Songkick's popular concert app and artist focused Tourbox service. Continue reading
Warner Music Acquires Spinnin’ Records For Reported $100 Million
Warner Music Group has acquired independent electronic music label Spinnin’ Records, the music group announced this morning. Headquartered in the Netherlands and founded in 1999, Spinnin’ Records is also home. Continue reading
Is Music Streaming Really Worth $28 Billion? [Mark Mulligan]
A new Goldman Sachs report claims that Universal Music is worth $23.5 billion and that the paid streaming market will be worth $28 billion in 2030. That's almost double the. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this scroll back through the week's important industry news, we revisit California's Dems potential drafting of Bieb's manager for Governer, celebrate the King of Pop's 59th, Spotify's journey to. Continue reading
Lyor Cohen Drinks The YouTube Kool-Aid: The money will come, but for now “fans not being exposed to new music is death. “
When former WMG CEO Lyor Cohen joined YouTube, the music industry wondered if this often brash insider could change prevailing opinions of the video behemoth: great for promotion, but the. Continue reading
Songkick Fights Costly Delays In Live Nation Trial
As Live Nation's lawyers work to push back a trial with Songkick back two months, the latter company is doing its best to oppose the effort, claiming that it would. Continue reading
WMG Reports Strong Q3 Driven By Streaming Revenue
Warner Music Group Corp. today announced third quarter financial results for the period ending June 30, 2017. It was WMG's strongest quarter in years. Net income was $143 million, compared to. Continue reading
$1.25 Million Lawsuit Accuses Universal Music Of Piracy
Universal Music has always aggressively fought piracy, as have its major music group peers and their trade organization, the RIAA. So forgive us if we see a big, steaming pile. Continue reading
WMG CEO Sends Year End Letter To Staff
Thanks to the rise of streaming, 2016 was a strong year for all three major labels, but particularly for Warner Music Group. The "We're #3!" major music group not only. Continue reading
