Essential

Sony’s Essential merger ‘a marriage of equals’ in a congested marketplace

'This offers a compelling alternative for labels and artists in a sector lacking real choice'

Sony acquires Essential Music & Marketing, launches Red Essential

Label and artist services company was established in 2003

Why instant messaging apps could be a big deal for the music biz

Essential's Tanya Palaci on the potential of IM for labels and artists

The music biz must make sense of its ‘disjointed soup of data’

Human skill and creative thinking is required to benefit from analytics

Essential teams up with Proper Distribution in UK and Ireland

Gem exits out of music distribution

Cooking Vinyl Group consolidates US activity into one office

Essential Music & Marketing rolled into CV Group office

Razor & Tie signs with Essential in the EU

Thirty Tigers, Hidden Pony and UNFD also ink deals

Essential USA to launch in New York

Working new album from The Cranberries in 2012