Minding Creative Minds a sincere initiative to support the talented
Founder Dave Reid believes there should be mental health support for this sector like any other
Sting sells songwriting catalogue for estimated $300m
Deal covers copyrights for more than 600 songs and future music earnings
Musician Davy Spillane settles royalties row with recording companies
Case included alleged breach of agreements
Bruce Springsteen sells catalogue to Sony in $500m deal – report
US star becomes latest singer to monetise career’s work
Warner Music in talks to purchase David Bowie’s songwriting catalogue
Songbook being sold by star’s family is among the biggest on the market
Activist investor Third Point buys stake in Cartier owner Richemont
Cartier owner seen as underperforming in luxury sector
Spotify’s business model is still all verse, no chorus
Streaming is paying off handsomely – for Universal Music Group
Adele’s big comeback: Sony’s album campaign leaves nothing to chance
Record label goes all out in its first release from star who was long away from the limelight
When business partners fall out over who should take credit for past success
The dispute around Web Summit is detailed in a 31-page Superior Court of California filing whose contents are disputed
Britain refers record label dominance to competition authority
‘Meagre’ returns from current system under spotlight
Universal Music shares hit the high notes on their trading debut
Streaming boom sees record company valued at €45.5bn, with $140m payday for CEO
European shares soar after slump on Evergrande worries
Music label Universal Music Group soared 38 per cent in its stock market debut
YouTube music services hit 50m subscribers in race to catch Spotify
After a slow start, YouTube’s music services are gaining subscribers from rivals
European stocks end lower on virus and policy jitters
Travel stocks slide on coronavirus woes while investors fret over US monetary policy
Rising Covid cases dampen hopes of recovery and leave investors wary
Dealers note a ‘lot of red on the screen’ as travel-related stocks in particular take a hit
Ackman rejigs Universal Music deal after SEC probes Spac plan
Hedge fund founder will invest directly in business after investors also balked at deal structure
European stocks end week on record high
Airlines under pressure as UK removes countries from green list
Web Summit co-founder branches out with new investment fund
Amaranthine managers David Kelly and Patrick Murphy plan $50m Semble Fund II
Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland
Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive
Lego records fastest growth in 5 years on back of digital shift
Sets blending physical bricks with Super Mario games propel profits
Irish acts struggle to chart as K-pop becomes the world’s most lucrative music
BTS, Taylor Swift and Drake take the top three spots among this year’s sales-busters
Lego Vidiyo: Children will love this app so be prepared to lose your phone to it
App allows kids of all ages to create own music videos starring a line-up of colourful characters
'Queen of Latin Music' Shakira tunes in to trend of selling music rights
Colombian popstar becomes latest artist to sell back catalogue of songs
Barry Gibb and Friends: Greenfields review – Game approach but doesn’t match originals
Volume one of Gibb Brothers’ songbook with Nashville twist
Neil Young sells 50% of entire song catalogue rights to Hipgnosis
Deal comprises Young’s song catalogue of 1,180 compositions
Celebrity: Who had a good 2020 and who had a bad one?
2020 in Review: The year was good to some, and not so good to others
Christmas gifts at auction: The perfect trifle bowl, a gramaphone and Yeats prints
Signed David Bowie self-portrait and print by Bob Dylan perfect for music lovers
Vaccine puns, Bob Dylan’s lump sum and Ikea’s ‘emotional but rational’ move
Planet Business: The times they are a-changin’
The time’s they are a changin’: Dylan’s catalogue sold
Universal Music acquires rights in nine-figure deal
Taylor Swift says her master tapes sold for second time
Investment firm taking over record label with rights to singer’s first six albums
European shares fall for third consecutive day
Sterling climbs amid flicker of optimism on Brexit talks, sending FTSE 100 lower
Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal
Independent label’s back catalogue includes Chieftains and Seán Ó Riada
Hozier and Taylor Swift lift Universal Music Ireland’s sales to €20m in 2019
Growth in subscribers to legal streaming services led to 20.8% rise in revenue
Counselling for musicians whose incomes have ‘fallen off a cliff’
Minding Creative Minds to provide support for musicians financially hit by Covid-19
Warner revisits stock listing plans as lockdowns fuel streaming boom
Original IPO was shelved as pandemic triggered market crisis
Savills bolsters office team in Dublin with key personnel
McCaffrey and Cuddy appointed as senior surveyor and associate director respectively
Universal Music Ireland sees profit slip 50%
Irish arm of music giant sees sales rise almost 10% to €16.5m
Global trade worries continues to dampen mood of European traders
Markets report: London’s FTSE 100 closes sharply lower, its sixth session in the red
Vivendi in talks to sell stake in music group Universal to China’s Tencent
French media giant wants to break into Chinese music market
Sibéal – Sibéal review: Talented young artist plays it too safe on debut album
Meath Gaeltacht singer has a powerful voice but does not fully unleash it
European stocks rise amid record highs on Wall Street
Vodafone surge and US earnings lend support to equities in final session of week
Olympic victories, Brexit posing and the strange case of the Universal fire
Planet Business: The battle ‘for the very existence of Britain’ continues
Taylor Swift releases new song Me! featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco
Video of Me! gets over 20m views in six hours
No room for squares: 80 years of Blue Note jazz
Coltrane, Davis, Monk: With its roster of geniuses the New York label defined an art form
Copyright case against One Direction struck out at High Court
Singer-songwriter had claimed Night Changes infringed his musical work
Irish tech companies get set for Mobile World Congress
Many of the leading players in the mobile sector will use event to launch new products
European shares advance on trade hopes and ECB talk of banks boost
Iseq extends rally as it edges upwards
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ now most-streamed 20th century song
The six-minute song overtook the likes of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’
European markets down as Brexit turmoil continues to take toll
Iseq bucks trend and closes marginally higher with CRH and Kingspan weaker
Vivendi shares surge as music business drives growth
Hits by rapper Drake contribute to growth at its Universal Music Group arm
Legal music streaming services help boost Universal’s Irish revenues
Music label returns to profit in Ireland as turnover jumps 37%
European shares reach six-week high as trade war fears retreat
Banks and property stocks a bright spot on Ireland’s benchmark index
EU-US trade war averted, Kerrygold lawsuit, and €40m for Hibernia Reit bosses
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Sony’s $2.3bn deal with EMI puts it on top of music industry
Acquisition gives Sony catalogue of more than 2 million songs
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