NEWS & PRESS
AIM Awards reveals details of judging panel and brings date forward
- AIM Awards unveils eclectic broadcasters and tastemakers on its judging panel - Independent music’s spotlight night moves forward to Wednesday 25 August The AIM Independent Music Awards has announced an eclectic list of broadcasters and tastemakers making up the judging panel for its...more
TicketSwap expands in anticipation of strong demand with 2 senior hires: Margriet Rijff and Oscar Kriek
With pilot events underway, and thousands of tickets being sold, the hope of a summer full of live music is fast becoming a reality, and ethical secondary platform TicketSwap is expanding (in anticipation of strong demand?). Margriet Rijff joins TicketSwap as...more
Olivia Deanannounced as Amazon Music's latest UK Breakthrough Artist
Amazon Music has today announced that London singer-songwriter Olivia Dean has been selected for Breakthrough,Amazon Music's developing artist programme. Praised by The Guardian, NME, CLASH and more, Olivia has made a name for herself based on her endearing storytelling, positivity, and...more
Quincy Jones' Qwest TV to Democratize Classical Music
Qwest TV, the music video hub co-founded by Quincy Jones and Reza Ackbaraly, is moving into classical music. While its roots are in jazz, funk, soul and global music, the move fits perfectly within Qwest TV's central mission: to democratize music and...more
Leaders across the music industry come together to support new chapter for Music Minds Matter
Help Musicians announces expansion of its Music Minds Matter service to widen the mental health support available to the UK music industry The charity has seen a 65% rise in calls for help over the last three months, driven by financial...more
Music helped the UK get through lockdown, new insights show
Over a quarter of the British public have listened to more music since the start of lockdown Music raised the nation’s spirits, helping people to feel better, cope with anxiety, and aiding exercise, work and study Data published ahead of the BPI’s new...more
IMPALA Launches Sustainability Programme Aiming for a Net Positive Independent Music Community by 2030
IMPALA, the European independent music companies association, is launching a sustainability programme to help make the European independent music sector more sustainable. The package consists of a climate charter for IMPALA, overall targets and voluntary tools for members. IMPALA’s ambition is to aim for...more
Cat Kreidich named President of ADA Worldwide
Dynamic innovator brings experience from top roles at The Orchard, Caroline, Sony Music, and EMI News follows ADA’s recent global expansion in Latin America, Asia, and Middle East Warner Music Group (WMG) announced today that highly regarded music leader Cat Kreidich...more
Heavyweight publicist Simon Jones and G-A-Y owner Jeremy Joseph partner with Absolute for new label with Drag Race roster
Intention Records launches with RuPaul’s Drag Race UK alumni The Vivienne, Tia Kofi and Veronica Green Absolute has been chosen as the label services partner for new label, Intention Records, founded by leading UK publicist Simon Jones and G-A-Y owner Jeremy...more
Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy charity launches 10-part series ‘We Are Listening’ so people can witness the limitless ways that music can enrich and connect with those with life-limiting illnesses.
Nordoff Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity, has announced the launch of We Are Listening - a campaign to showcase the immense value music therapy brings to the lives of those living with profound disability. We Are Listening aims to...more
Lee & Thompson Promotions and Addition
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Tim Fowler to the Partnership and to welcome James Rushton to the Lee & Thompson Music team As of 1 April, Tim Fowler, who joined Lee & Thompson in a huge part of...more
Outlander and CTM announce strategic alliance and acquire publishing assets of TEN Music
Outlander Fund and CTM BV are pleased to announce their strategic alliance to acquire music publishing and master rights. CTM OUTLANDER MUSIC LP has the ambition to invest a billion US Dollars over the next 5 years. We also plan to...more
Goldenvoice UK founder, Laura Davidson, launches Amigas, a new female led live services consultancy
www.amigas.live AMIGAS is a new consultancy offering a wide range of live services, founded by Laura Davidson(All Points East, Goldenvoice, AEG, Metropolis). AMIGAS currently offers services including artist development, live consultancy, and bespoke and curated events, with many more to be announced...more
The Global Music Vault
Safeguarding Music For Future Generations The Global Music Vault is dedicated to safeguarding the world’s music of yesterday and today, forever. With support from their founding partner the International Music Council (IMC), their mission is to pass on the world heritage to the...more
Zoe Wees announced as Apple Music Up Next artist
Up Next Short Shot on iPhone Debuts Exclusively on Apple Music Today Watch the trailer HERE Apple Music today announced singer-songwriter Zoe Wees as the latest addition to its Up Next program, Apple Music's monthly artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating...more
Bulldog Digital Media Powered Almost $6.5 Million in Giving via Livestreams
Livestreaming has a vital role to play in the future of philanthropy. Bulldog DM has guided a range of nonprofits toward new opportunities and new connections with givers by helping charitable organizations create meaningful, exciting livestream fundraisers. Their efforts yielded...more
'Black Business & Joint Ventures'
A Dive into the Business Side of the Music Industry On 13 April 2021 at 1800 BST, MMF Unite, the world's largest professional community of music managers in partnership with The Zoo XYZ will jointly host a discussion exploring Black Music & Joint Ventures. Here we...more
The Camille Awards
The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Camille Awards. The Camille Awards – European Film Composer Awards are a set of awards given to composers of exceptional pieces of film and audio-visual music. At the ceremony, celebrating...more
Drowning in Data: A Wake-Up Call for the Music Industry
The music business today is made up of countless revenue streams, all with endless volumes of micropayments and many billions or even trillions of lines of data to be processed. Music publishers and their systems are facing an uphill battle...more
Barry Ashworth’s Flying Circus
Tonic Music patron Barry Ashworth launches fundraiser - to continue supporting mental health of musicians and venues Barry Ashworth’s Flying Circus ‘Collective Wing Walk for Mental Health’ on 28th & 29th Sept - with £80k fundraising target in aid of Tonic Riderhttps://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/barrysflyingcircus Tonic Music For...more
Innovation partnership launched to support artists and venues
In a unique celebration of live music, Exit Live and TicketCo Media Services have formed an innovation partnership to benefit artists and venues delivering digital events. The two event industry tech platforms have joined forces to provide artists and...more
Perfect Havoc Signs Producer Parx For Multi-Single Deal
The London-based independent record label and artist management agency, Perfect Havoc has signed producer and DJ Alex Cramp aka Parx for a multi-single deal. This deal follows two tracks already released by Perfect Havoc by Parx; ‘Finally’ - a cover...more
MCPS announces record £157.8m distribution to members in 2020
MCPS, the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society which collects royalties from the reproduction of musical works on behalf of 26,000 songwriters, composers and publishers, announces record £157.8m distribution to members in 2020, a significant 10% increase on 2019. MCPS, part of the MPA...more
Welcome To The Radio Revolution
ANNOUNCING STACK RADIO APP No Talking. No Ads. Just Good MusicIntroducing Stack Radio App, the DJ in your pocket and exclusive club everyone wants a membership to. A simple radio app, Stack Radio App is designed with no ads, no...more
Cercle brings DJ mixes to Apple Music
Listen to the full DJ sets HERE Beginning today, audio recordings of Cercle’s most memorable DJ mixes and live-sets are now available to listen to and enjoy exclusively on Apple Music. French livestream platform, Cercle is renowned for promoting cutting-edge live performances featuring...more
Red Light Management appoints Ceri Dixon as Head Of Digital Partnerships UK
Red Light Management has appointed former Polydor, RCA and Rubyworks employee Ceri Dixon to the position of Head Of Digital Partnerships, UK. Working with the company’s London based team Ceri will report directly to James Sandom, Red Light Management UK...more
Official Charts Company rolls out major upgrade to b2b data service
Gold standard insight data at the music industry’s fingertips faster and easier than ever before “The investment in improving our service ensures that Official Charts remains the pinnacle of chart and music market data across the globe.” The Official Charts Company this...more
Statement from AIF CEO Paul Reed on the second round of the Culture Recovery Fund
"I can confirm that 70% of AIF members who applied for a grant in the second round of the Government's Culture Recovery Fund have been offered funding. This amounts to over £5.5m in this round with an average grant of...more
Sounds Like a Plan podcast
How the music community is fighting the climate crisis A NEW PODCAST SPEAKS TO INSPIRING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE MUSIC WORLD TAKING URGENT ACTION EPISODE ONE + SERIES TRAILER OUT NOW Key info: Listen on all major podcast platforms including: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google...more
Concord Music Publishing launches new industry targeted ‘classical music discovery platform’ BOOSEY & HAWKES REPR&SENTS
A one stop destination for licensing classical music compositions along with exclusive union free masters Home to brand new REIMAGINED remixed masters from Concord signed producers Goldfingers, Christian Rich and Roscicus Virtual launch on 31st March at House of Vans performance space below...more
THE HEADLINES
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CTM Outlander Music launches with $1bn plan for rights acquisitions (see Business)
A UK music export office will only succeed if Britain changes how it invests in music (see Opinion)
How do we actually define “independence”? (see Comment)
Uncertainty surrounds how rights and ownership apply in sales of NFTs (see Features)
How the music industry woke up to mental health (see Features)
How the music community is fighting the climate crisis (see Podcasts)
Live: Culture Recovery Fund helps venues; Pilot events to be held (see News, Comment)
Hybe buys Scooter Braun's Ithaca (see Business)
Streaming algorithms are less likely to put forward female artists, researchers find (see Analysis)