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We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
Job Sites
www.musicweek.com/jobs www.artsandmedia.org/home www.abo.org.uk/jobs/current -vacancies.aspx http://www.ppluk.com/About-Us/ Employee-benefits/ www.media-match.com/uk/music/ jobsboard.php www.artsjobs.org.uk/musicCheck Out
www.bpi.co.uk/careers.aspx www.careersinmusic.co.uk www.careersinmusic.com www.milocostudios.comIndustry Magazines
and News
www.electric-banana.co.uk www.musicbusinessworldwide.com www.musicweek.com www.soundonsound.com www.basca.org.uk www.rhinegold.co.uk www.mpg.org.ukRoyal Academy of Music
• Top Conservatioire with 800 students
• 20 musical disciplines, 500 events
per year
• Charity with £20 million income
HMV
• Retailer of film, music, technology
and gaming products.
• 120 stores, HQ London, 4,100
employees
• £365.7 million revenue
Warner Music group
• Global music business owned
by Access Industries
• $3 billion revenue, HQ New York,
• UK HQ London, 3,550 employees
globally
• Record Labels: Atlantic Records Group,
Warner Bros. Records, Parlophone
• Artists include Madonna, Prince,
Ed Sheeran, Kylie Minogue
• Part time and 1 year internships
available
Universal Music Group
• Global music corporation owned by
French company Vivendi
• Worth 5.1 billion euros, labels include
Capitol records, Decca Records,
Fiction, Island Record Group, Polydor
• Artists such as Coldplay, Elton John,
Maroon 5, Take That, Bryan Adams
• UK HQ in London, 6,900 staff globally
• 6-12 month paid internships available
Stage Electrics
• National event supplier of sound
and lighting
• Live events, installations, venue
maintenance
• HQ Bristol, 200 staff, £30 million turnover
Spotify
• Spotify is a subscription based
music service
• Turnover of $2.8 billion
• 75 million monthly users
• HQ Stockholm/London, employs
1,600 globally
Music Industry
Kobalt Music group
• Independent music publisher,
collection agent, label services
• 8,000 artists, 600,000 songs
• $245 million revenue, 325 staff, 10 offices
• 10 offices globally, UK office London
Shazam Enter tainment
Ltd
• Shazam app identifies music by
an acoustic fingerprint
• 120 million monthly users
• Revenue £38.9 million
• HQ London, 500 staff
Sony Music
Enter tainment
• Global music company owned by
Sony Corporation
• $4.5 Billion, UK HQ London
• 5,000 employees globally, 500
employees in the UK
• Record Labels include BB Records,
Columbia records, Epic records,
Insanity Records, Legacy,
RCA, Relentless
• Artists such as Beyonce, Foo Fighters,
Elvis, George Ezra, Dolly Parton
PRS Music
• Licence the playing, performance
and use of copyright music
• Represents 90,000 writers, composers
and publishers
• Royalty revenues collected of
£600 million
• 700 staff, located in London,
Glasgow and Dublin