News Apple Music has more paying US subscribers than Spotify – report Apple Music had 28m subscribers in the US as of February, says WSJ
News Sony/ATV signs Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall & Leigh-Anne Pinnock via JV Twentyseven Music Publishing TwentySeven Music Publishing is a JV with industry veteran Barry Weiss and songwriter Jenna Andrews
News HMV partners with Tixserve for digital in-store event tickets Tixserve tech stopped touts during Twenty One Pilots in-stores
Analysis News Revealed: What major labels are paying women compared to men in the UK Universal, Sony and Warner's numbers have been revealed
News Spirit Music Group promotes Rak Sanghvi to Global President Sanghvi previously served as Managing Director of UK/International for Spirit B-Unique
News UK’s Music Managers Forum reveals role changes for Fiona McGugan & Joseph Lever McGugan is now Strategy & Operations Director, while Lever has been named Industry Relations & Events Manager
News Apple Music is now available on Amazon Echo devices in the UK Echo users can now stream via Apple Music in the UK
News Lizzie Payne-James and Tim Fowler promoted in Lee & Thompson music team Payne-James joins firm's Partnership and Fowler promoted to Legal Director
News Deezer hires ex-BBC and Nothing Else Matters exec Nigel Harding as VP of Artist Marketing Harding joins from Sony imprint Nothing Else Matters Records
News Warner/Chappell signs deal extension with Latin Grammy winner El Guincho The partnership also covers the recently-launched Rico Publishing
News The Orchard wants to grow its direct to artist business in China The company is hiring for a Director, Greater China
News YouTube Music makes new play for independent artists with latest round of Foundry development program acts 11 new artists added to program with additional set to be added later this year
News Dominique Kulling and Maximilian Kolb promoted at BMG Kulling has been promoted to EVP Continental Europe Repertoire & Marketing and Kolb to Managing Director BMG GSA
News Chaka Zulu joins Spotify as Head of Artist and Talent Relations Exec co-founded Disturbing Tha Peace Records
News Deezer launches new channel featuring K-Pop-focused editorial playlists Chanel will focus on K-Pop and its subgenres