UK managers body the MMF has a long-term relationship with YouTube for its management accelerator. Now the program is evolving and rebranding as ‘Hyperdrive’. The idea is similar: a four-month […]
Tag: Managers
Management firm Three Six Zero is getting into the sports game
Calvin Harris, Willow, Muse… and now Reece James, Sam Kerr and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. What do these stars have in common?
Behind the Artist: Yungblud manager Tommas Arnby on building rock’s future
“I started my management company upstairs on the fifth floor,” Yungblud’s manager Tommas Arnby told Music Ally from the artist’s new brick and mortar shop, Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized (B.r.a.t.) […]
Report: music management is ‘highly skilled but structurally fragile’
The European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) has released a study based on a survey of 330 music managers in more than 30 countries.
‘Today, managers could probably do everything… but funding is really difficult’
Independence was one of the key threads at our Music Ally Connect conference last week, coming through strongly in sessions.
MMF report: managers are worth £714m to UK’s music industry
How much is a good manager worth to an artist? Priceless. But how much are managers in general worth to the music industry?
Wax Management turns five with $30m of artist deals under its belt
US-based Wax Management is celebrating its fifth birthday this week by revealing some milestone metrics for its artist management business.
UMG’s GTS acquires Latin music management company RLM
Global Talent Services (GTS) is the Latin artist-services agency that sits within Universal Music Group. It has acquired a management firm.
MMF unveils participants in 2025 music manager accellerator programme
The Music Managers Forum (MMF) has announced 18 new participants for its 2025 Accelerator Programme, which supports independent music managers across the UK. It’s in collaboration with YouTube Music, and each […]
ATC Group buys a majority stake in Easy Life Entertainment
As it expansion beyond its core management business continues, ATC Group has announced its latest acquisition.
mTheory reveals 2025 cohort for its Equal Access initiative
Management and artist-services firm mTheory has revealed the 2025 cohort of Equal Access, its diversity initiative in country music.
MMF and YouTube Music open applications for 2025 managers accelerator
UK industry body the MMF has been working with YouTube Music for seven years now on its accelerator program for music managers. The 2025 edition has opened up applications this […]

