Downtown Music president Pieter van Rijn on global reach, new tech & unlocking catalogue's potential

Downtown recently launched a global division to combine tech solutions, label & artist services, distribution and more. It’s all part of the company’s services strategy after the large part of its publishing copyrights were acquired by Concord in 2021. Fuga CEO Pieter van Rijn has been promoted to head up ...

Team Polydor celebrate Clavish's first Top 10 and look ahead to 2023

elasticStage CEO Steve Rhodes shares the start-up's vision to supercharge the vinyl revival

Cooking Vinyl signs Scottish folk-rock act Skerryvore to global deal

Fuga partners with Insomniac Music Group across distribution, sync and more

Warner Music Group full year revenue up 16% in 2022

Warner Music Group has announced its results for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. Total revenue increased by 16% year-on-year to $5.92 billion (all figures at constant ...

Peter Doherty's label Strap Originals hires Charlie Dilks as MD

Charlie Dilks has been appointed managing director at Peter Doherty’s label Strap Originals. Dilks has a brief to develop its roster, break artists and establish the brand. ...

elasticStage hires SoundCloud's Raoul Chatterjee as COO

On-demand vinyl platform elasticStage has appointed industry veteran Raoul Chatterjee to the position of chief operating officer. Chatterjee joins elasticStage from his previous role of vice president, content partnerships ...

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