MBW understands that Apple has acquired Platoon, the London-based creative services firm founded in 2016 by music industry veteran Denzyl Feigelson and LoveFilm co-founder, Saul Klein. Platoon has developed a raft of early-stage artists in the UK and US over the past two years who have gone on to make waves in the global business….
The Year Of The EP… Or Is It An Album? Or Is It A “Project”?
For once, Vince Staples wasn’t sure what to say. Five days after dropping another incredible collection of songs, the Long Beach rapper and reigning Twitter MVP logged into his account and wrote, “I was about to tell y’all FM! not an album but I don’t even know what an album is anymore so I’m just…
The Re-Issue Of The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ Reveals The Importance Of Preparation
You don’t have to be a fan of the Beatles to appreciate their brilliance. Over their relatively short career as the fab four from Liverpool, the Beatles recorded 206 original compositions across several different albums. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly how many albums sold, but data suggest it’s somewhere between 272 million and 600 million….
Sire President Rani Hancock On Growing Bryce Vine, What She Learned From Clive Davis & Why Data Isn’t Everything
In an interview with Billboard, Bryce Vine said that one of the reasons he wanted to sign with Sire is that he was excited to be working under a female label president and the perspective and insight that you would bring. Do you feel like your gender is part of the conversation surrounding the work that you do?…
Shazam, Instagram Partner On New Stories Functionality
Shazam is the latest partner in Instagram’s continued push into music. The Apple-owned song-identification app announced a new partnership with Instagram that will allow its users to share Shazams onto their Insta stories. The new feature debuted last month for iOS users who download the latest versions of both apps. Android users will be able…
SPOTIFY HAS LOST $9BN IN MARKET CAP VALUE IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS
What goes up must come down. That’s a truism that Spotify and its investors are starting to feel. When the green machine landed on the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, it finished that day with a market cap value of $26.5bn, or $149.01 per share. From there, it was up, up and away: three months…
Universal Music Group Partners With New Label Edgeout Records With Focus on Artist Development
Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed an exclusive global label services agreement with new independent label Edgeout Records, the companies announced on Monday (Dec. 3). The news of the partnership accompanied Edgeout founder and Chairman Tony Guanci‘s announcement about launching of the label, explaining it is designed to find and develop the next generation of rock bands…
Streaming App Plex Announces Tidal Partnership
Plex — a global streaming media company that compiles many media types together in one app — is partnering with Tidal, it was announced Thursday (Nov. 29). Plex members will have access to Tidal’s entire catalog, which includes more than 60 million track and 244,000 videos. Following a free trial, subscription plans start at $9.99 per month,…
Taylor Swift’s new record deal includes a fiery anti-Spotify clause
If there’s one thing Taylor Swift hates more than the bad girl who was cheer captain while she was on the bleachers, it’s Spotify. She spent years crusading against music streaming sites before finally granting Apple Music the rights to 1989, and then she finally gave up the rest of her catalog to both Apple…
Karen O, Danger Mouse Team for New LP, Release First Song ‘Lux Prima’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton have shared a new song titled “Lux Prima,” the first offering from their upcoming collaborative album together. Danger Mouse said of the nine-minute first single, which surrounds Karen O’s atmospheric track with a lengthy synth-laden intro and spacey outro, “With ‘Lux Prima,’ we were really…
