Tag: awal

Lauv has been one of the breakout artists for Kobalt’s AWAL business. Now he’s capitalising on one of the (fairly) recent gaming crazes: Flappy Bird. Lauv’s version is called Billy Meets World, and it’s launched...

Lead: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half,” is a quote commonly attributed to Philadelphian retailer John Wanamaker in the 1800s and it has haunted the advertising...

The company whose brand is literally ‘artists without a label’ has revealed that its latest partnership is with… a label! And it’s a deal to send some cats scampering among the pigeons, since AWAL’s new partner...

Lead: In an age of constant digital distractions, sometimes it is better to play the short game. We trace the rise of the micro ad and how it is being tailored to stand out when users are rapidly hopping and grazing across...

Kobalt is making AWAL the brand for its entire recordings division, while promising to invest $150m and hire 100 more staff to build up that side of the business. Kobalt acquired digital distributor AWAL in 2012, as it...

Kobalt's in-house digital distributor AWAL is launching an analytics app for independent musicians, helping them to track their data – and earnings – from Spotify and Apple Music. The app launches today, and is a free...

Kobalt subsidiary AWAL has published a Year in Review microsite that draws out music trends from 2016 based on data harvested from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. The site presents the top tracks of 2016...

AWAL is looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Manager to be based in the Kobalt office in London, and to work with the AWAL team to oversee digital marketing campaigns for AWAL releases.

Yesterday we reported on Paul Hitchman's decision to step back from the CEO role at music service provider MSP.

Yesterday we reported on Paul Hitchman's decision to step back from the CEO role at music service provider MSP.

We're back for the late afternoon session of MidemNet, kicking off with Artists Without A Label (AWAL)'s Denzyl Feigelson, talking about 'finding tribes'. Interesting how much of the focus today has been...