Independent music company Primary Wave Music has acquired the assets of Sun Records, the iconic Memphis-based label which released the first recordings from Elvis Presley, Johnny...
By Emmanuel Legrand Last week Google sent mixed messages about the company's intent to remunerate news publishers: In France, Google signed an agreement with the Alliance...
The inquiry into the economy of music streaming, initiated by the British House of Commons' Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee saw the leaders of...
By Emmanuel Legrand As a preamble to the hearings of the CEOs of the three British major record companies by House of Commons' Digital, Culture, Media...
British company Blue Raincoat Music Publishing, in conjunction with Reservoir, have signed a global publishing deal with the estate of Nick Drake to represent the artist's...
This is part 2 of the interview of Jeremy Sirota, CEO of Merlin, the licensing company for the independent music sector, with Emmanuel Legrand. What's the...
By Emmanuel Legrand A new company, Exceleration Music, has launched with the ambition to "enhance the future" of independent labels and artists and "to offer personalised...
Independent music publishers' organisations IMPF and AIMP organised a joint webinar on January 12 titled 'The State Of The Music Publishing Industry Post-Covid. How Are We...
Sony Music Group (SMG) has become the first music company to support Nashville, TN-based National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) ahead of its opening on...
By Emmanuel Legrand It was another busy week for Hipgnosis Songs Fund with the acquisition of 50% of Neil Young's worldwide copyright and income interests in...