“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.) […]
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UK roundup: Certified managers, UK Rap Award, Budget blasts
There is plenty happening in the UK music industry this week. Managers body the MMF has announced the first cohort of managers to pass its new ‘Manager Certification Programme’. 13 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Ellevate’s Charlotte Caleb: ‘A lot of artists want a manager too early’
Charlotte Caleb is the founder and CEO of Ellevate, a startup offering a subscription-based platform that offers artists management expertise.
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Dirty Hit’s Jamie Oborne on management: “we just help artists make things we think are cool”
Ep. 158: When Jamie Oborne’s career as a musician ended, he decided that the second best thing was to be an artist manager. He also decided that he’d stay independent, […]
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MMF updates its Guide to Mental Health for managers and artists
The UK’s Music Managers Forum (MMF) has release an updated version of its guide to mental health for managers and artists. Unveiled yesterday as part of the online The Great […]
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MMF Unite returns with ‘Black Women Mean Business’ panel
The UK’s Music Managers Forum (MMF) is bringing back its MMF Unite series of virtual events focusing on race, racism and injustice. They’re kicking off next week with ‘Black Women […]
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MMF creates ReBuild support fund for managers and artists
The Music Managers’ Forum in the UK has launched ReBuild – a new support fund for managers and their artists affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is supported by donations […]
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MMF GM: ‘We need to train people to value online content’
Jayne Stynes, general manager at management body the MMF, hopes that some of the innovation around livestreams during the Covid-19 pandemic will lead to lasting change. “At my most optimistic, […]
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Sandbox Issue 253: Music Marketing in Lockdown
Lead: We are now several weeks into lockdown and have moved far, far beyond just “doing a livestream”. There was some wavering at the start as to whether albums should […]
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MMF boss slams ‘laughably obtuse’ resistance to streaming reform
Yesterday was quite a day for Music Ally on social media: our piece exploring how streaming services can generate more royalties for artists was shared approvingly by both Daniel Ek and David […]
