There is much debate in the music industry over whether or not signing to a label is the best way to succeed. Here George Howard explains what it is about record labels that allures artists, and why labels want to keep it that way...

This infographic shows some interesting stats, illustrating the increase in popularity in streaming services which indicates the importance of strategies. Most interestingly, 85% of people still listen to music through the radio...

Ses deux sociétés de production viennent d'être placées en procédure de sauvegarde, selon "le Parisien"...

Warner Music is reportedly in the final stages of negotiating a deal to distribute 12 Tone, the new label helmed by Doug Morris, the former CEO of WMG, Universal and most recently Sony. _____________________________________ When Warner Music Group fired Doug Morris in 1995, the their former chief executive filed a...

British singer/songwriter beats Drake to No.1 spot
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Jody Gerson (CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group), Julie Greenwald (Atlantic Records COO/Chairman), Sylvia Rhone (President, Epic Records), Julie Swidler (EVP/General Counsel, Sony Music), Michele Anthony (EVP, Universal Music Group) and Desiree Perez (COO of Roc Nation) co-sign letter
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Concord Music has fully acquired the Razor & Tie record label, the companies confirmed with Billboard on Wednesday (Jan. 17)...

Les nominations pour la cérémonie, qui se tiendra le mois prochain, viennent d'être dévoilées...

Nos confrères de "Pure Charts" ont révélé la liste des albums qui ont le plus séduit les Français l'an dernier...

CINEMA - Cela faisait 18 ans. 18 ans que le film d'animation des studios Pixar"Toy Story 2" était considéré comme le film le mieux noté de tous les temps. Cette note provient du site internet américain rottentomatoes.com devenu la référence en ce qui concerne la critique des films. Ce site créé en 1999 recense des milliers de notes critiques et commentaires des spectateurs pour devenir une sorte de baromètre du cinéma.En 1999, Toy Story 2 s'était très rapidement placé en tête des films les mieux notés avec 163 notes positives et un taux de critique positive de 100%. Un score que vient de dépasser le film de la réalisatrice américaine Greta Gerwig intitulé "Lady Bird". Dépassant de 10 points "Toy Story 2" avec 173 notes positives et un taux de critique positive de 100%, "Lady Bird" s'envole donc au classement des films les mieux notés." ...

The Copyright Royalty Board has set a cost of living adjustment to the rates paid to master recording copyright holders for 2018, with the rate...

Playlist professionals have replaced radio DJs as the new power brokers, as streaming services’ ready-made song lists become hitmakers...

In a Hollywood Reporter cover story published this morning, Drake outlined his plan to move into TV and film production, and he already has an impressive list of partners and potential projects.
He confirmed that he’s working with Netflix to revive Top Boy, which ran on Channel 4 in the UK from 2011 to 2013. He’ll executive produce the series alongside his longtime manager Adel Nur. He told The Hollywood Reporter that he originally watched the show on YouTube, and was impressed by the world-building in the London-set crime drama. He also called out the “human element,” which is a nice parallel with a deeply adorable anecdote from later in the interview:
Drake attended a private screening of A24's The Florida Project and became obsessed...

Bland “elevator tunes” won’t cut it any more – yet well-chosen music can significantly improve the customer experience, according to surveys...

Souhaitons d'abord courage et ténacité au médiateur Dominique D'Hinnin qui s'est vu confié par Françoise Nyssen la tache d'obtenir en 6 mois un consensus professionnel en vue de  moderniser la chronologie des médias dont  le terrain a déjà été fortement déminé par Christophe Tardieu et les équipes du CNC Le congrès des exploitants à Deauville...

Harvey Weinstein has been forced out of the independent film company he co-founded and catapulted to Oscar glory, felled by a mushrooming sexual harassment scandal that has hobbled his status as a media mogul and left his future in Hollywood in jeopardy. The Weinstein Company’s board of directors has voted to remove Weinstein from the ...

Music has been part of Apple’s soul since the launch of the iPod almost 16 years ago. Launched with the slogan ‘a thousand songs in your pocket,’ it’s no exaggeration to say that the device transformed the way we listen to music. It also transformed Apple into a major mobile device manufacturer, and laid the ground work for the iPhone.
Fast-forward to today, and Apple still places a huge emphasis on music. Its largest ever acquisition was the $3B it paid to buy Beats in 2014. The Beats Music service became Apple Music, a streaming service which has grown to 30M paid subscribers.
Apple’s move into exclusive video content also has a strong emphasis on music documentaries...

For artists looking to establish a career in the music industry, being able to target a specific genre can be helpful in focusing their efforts, particularly if it's one of the more popular genres. Here we look at the most popular genres of music, with some...

Silicon Valley technologist Ty Roberts has left Universal Music Group a little more than a year after joining the music company as its chief...

Près de 90% des abonnés HBO regardent maintenant la série...

The highest-paid musician in the world in 2015 was Taylor Swift—who made the bulk of her money not from album sales or streams, but from…

Music streaming continues to drive the UK music market, with streaming equivalent album sales largely responsible for a double-digit increase in overall album sales in 2017’s first half...

MUSIQUE - C'est décidé, Ed Sheeran ne veut plus être sur Twitter. Le chanteur ne supporte plus les moqueries et critiques qui le visent en permanence sur le réseau social comme il l'a déclaré au magazine The Sun.L'artiste star du moment, explique qu'il ne se rendra plus sur le réseau social. Seuls ses posts Instagram y seront publiés, automatiquement, confie-t-il ce mardi 4 juillet. "Quand je vais dessus, il n'y a que des gens disant des méchancetés. Twitter est une plateforme faite pour ça", estime l'interprête de "Shape of You". "Un commentaire peut pourrir votre journée."S'il est bien connu que les commentaires sur les réseaux sociaux peuvent se révéler très durs pour ceux qui en sont les cibles, Ed Sheeran subit des attaques particulièrement vives de la part des fans de Lady Gaga ces derniers mois."I'm so original, and there are over 100 people copying me"...

L’aide sélective à la numérisation des œuvres cinématographiques de patrimoine du CNC a sélectionné 36 films...

Si la comédie est un genre de poids dans le production française, certaines ne pèsent pas lourd au box-office...

Pour mieux exploiter leur potentiel à l’exportation, la directrice générale d’UniFrance Isabelle Giordano préconise notamment la création d’un label « aussi visible et efficace que celui de la French Tech »...

Only 16% of Europe’s film heritage collections has been digitised, according to a new study on Film Heritage from the European Audiovisual Observatory. Digitisation is key: the availability of films in digital formats opens up new opportunities for access to films. However, digitisation rates are still low: only 15% of all film works in the ...

Il lui aura fallu près de 8 mois pour rendre sa copie, mais, ça y est, Bob Dylan a bel et bien accepté le Prix Nobel de Littérature, qui lui a été décerné en octobre 2016. La fin d'un long feuilleton, au cours duquel l'Académie Nobel a sûrement pensé ne jamais voir Bob Dylan, ni entendre son discours. C'est désormais chose faite.

Le 4 juin 2017, depuis Los Angeles, Bob Dylan a enregistré, non pas un morceau, mais sa lecture du discours de réception du Prix Nobel. Robert Zimmerman s'attaque à un gros morceau : dans son texte, il s'attaque tout simplement à ce qui relie ses chansons à la littérature, pour tenter lui-même de comprendre pourquoi il a obtenu ce Nobel...

Apple's iTunes will probably be a first-choice destination if and when studios and exhibitors finally agree on a window for "premium" video-on-demand -- that is, streaming while a movie is still in theaters, according to a report...

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping,'" Fred Rogers once famously said.
Late Monday night, writer Anthony Breznican began a heartfelt Twitter spree with this quote, before sharing memories of a chance encounter with the beloved host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Breznican was prompted by a tweet that claimed it was the 50th anniversary of the show, and while it's technically just the 49th anniversary (the show aired in America in February 1968), the story still tugs on the heartstrings...