By Emmanuel Legrand French media and entertainment group Vivendi posted revenues of EUR16.09 billion in 2020, up 1.2% compared to 2019, thanks in part to good...
By Emmanuel Legrand The co-founders of Spinnin Record, Sarah Hildering and Eelko van Kooten, have launched Ledo, a new platform that will "allow artists and content...
By Emmanuel Legrand Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected the music industry significantly through tour cancellations, retail store closures, and other disruptions, recorded music revenues in...
By Emmanuel Legrand South Korea's music company Big Hit Entertainment, home to boy band BTS, has posted in 2020 KRW 796.3 billion (59 million) in revenues,...
Independent music publisher Big Machine Music has signed with peermusic a long-term sub-publishing agreement to represent the 12,000-song catalogue controlled by BMM. The deal covers all...
By Emmanuel Legrand The European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) has called on "all collecting societies across Europe" to fully consult with artist representatives when setting new...
By Emmanuel Legrand The CreativeFuture coalition, representing more than 560 companies in the creative sector (film, television, music, publishing, photography, and other core copyright industries), has...
Universal Music Group (UMG) has consolidated its artist services division under the new brand Virgin Music Label & Artist Services. The new artist and label services'...
The Beach Boys have entered into a partnership with Irving Azoff's new venture, Iconic Artists Group, which has purchased a controlling interest in the band's intellectual...
By Emmanuel Legrand French entertainment group Vivendi has unveiled plans to spin off by the end of 2021 its music division, Universal Music Group (UMG), on...
