By: Jennyfer J. WalkerThe day after 17-year-old Billie Marten signed a management deal, she sat in a stuffy school hall and took her mock exams.
“I had to bring ...
Mark Strippel had a slightly unusual entry into BBC management. The BBC Asian Network’s head of programmes first joined the Beeb as an on-air presenter and DJ on BBC 1Xtra ...
The Movement is a boutique publisher unconcerned with the accumulation of catalogue. It exists purely to discover and develop songwriters and is all about creating hit makers rather than acquiring ...
By Jennyfer J. Walker
Independent dance label R&S Records has signed a distribution deal with Believe Digital. The agreement includes digital distribution, video management, digital & trade marketing, neighbouring rights ...
The Hyundai Mercury Prize has implemented a number of key changes ahead of its 2016 outing following “a year of transition” in 2015, according to Bob Shennan, controller, BBC Radio ...
It’s been a tumultuous time for British music of late. With a lengthy period of uncertainty facing the industry in the wake of ‘Brexit’, the respective replacements of culture secretary ...
BBC Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper has played down the station’s near 10% drop in listeners, as UK weekly radio figures soared to a record 48.7 million.
Radio 1 listening ...
Viola Beach’s posthumous No.1 album has given the band “the legacy that they deserve” according to Communion Records, which helped the families distribute and promote the record.
Released on the ...
The European Commision’s (EC) decision to approve Sony Corp’s buyout of the Michael Jackson estate’s stake in its Sony/ATV publishing business has divided the industry, polarising publishers and trade organisations ...
I’m writing this on Music Week staff writer Coral Williamson’s last day in the office before she embarks on a new career in PR. She’ll take with her 99.9% of ...
