It’s a new era for Virgin Records.
Almost 49 years after its launch by Richard Branson and co-founders including Nik Powell, Virgin is being relaunched as a global label ...
Warner Music UK’s new boss Tony Harlow is making the move back home.
Almost three years to the day that he was appointed president of WEA, based in New ...
Virgin Records co-founder Nik Powell has died at the age of 69.
Powell had been receiving treatment for cancer. He died on Thursday (November 7) in Oxford surrounded by his ...
Is Doug Putman the saviour of physical entertainment?
Following the Sunrise Records owner and CEO’s acquisition of HMV, he’s certainly a popular man in the UK music industry – ...
Artists and executives from across the music business have been paying tribute to former Virgin Records boss Ray Cooper, who sadly passed away on July 28. He was 69.
The ...
Who said the compilation market is in decline?
Amid a media blitz around its centenary edition, including a Music Week interview with Sir Richard Branson in which he hails the ...
Today’s the day. Now That’s What I Call Music 100 hits stores, cementing its place in music business folklore as the UK’s longest-running and best-loved compilation series.
Somewhat ironically, back ...
Simon Foster, who has spent four decades at the top of the classical music industry, has announced his retirement. Following an early spell at EMI Classics, Foster was headhunted by ...
The Strat is named after Tony Stratton-Smith (nicknamed ‘Strat’), a former journalist who became a larger-than-life industry character as a manager and the founder of Charisma Records.
Bands he managed ...