News The Royalty Network renews administration deal with Imagem in Germany Imagem Music GmbH will continue to administer TRN's publishing rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
News Spain’s recorded music market grew in 2016… but by just €3.5m Spain's digital business exceeded €100m in 2016, representing 61% of the market, according to forecasts
News Why did Sprint pay $200m for TIDAL? Sprint, majority-owned by Japanese giant Softbank, believes it can help TIDAL grow "substantially"
News SOCAN, CD Baby, SongTrust and FUGA back dotBlockchain Partners will contribute technical and financial resources to the project
News Glassnote launches Present Artist Management Glasnote Head of Touring and Artist Relations Jeffrey Neuberger to lead
News Sony launches Nashville label Monument Sandbox Entertainment Founder and former UMG exec Jason Owen to lead
Interviews Spotify and Apple Music will struggle in China. Meet the reason why… Tencent's Andy Ng gives his view on the global market exclusively to MBW
News Universal: You’re all gonna have to trust us on this one… Universal SVP Jonathan Dworkin talks streaming, free vs. paid - and industry harmony
News Lucius manager Ben Levin joins Nettwerk Lucius, Aoife O'Donovan, I'm With her and and Grammy Award-winning engineer Joe Visciano join roster
News BMG signs worldwide deal with Nickelback Canadian rock band currently working on ninth studio album
News Warner/Chappell UK signs worldwide deal with Swifta Beater The act was signed by WC's London-based Creative Director of A&R, Amber Davis
News SoundCloud poaches Pandora, Facebook execs in Australia New hires to lead advertising team in Australia
News UMG signs ‘multi-faceted’ deal with Alex Da Kid’s KIDinaKORNER UMG deal expands a partnership agreed with Universal in 2011 that saw Alex Da Kid create his own label with Interscope Records
News Germany’s recorded music market generated €1.58bn in 2016, up 2.4% Streaming rose 73.1% to hit a marketshare of 24.3%, while digital downloads are down 19.4% to account for 12.3% of the market
News Tencent Chief Andy Ng to deliver keynote at Midem Ng’s keynote at Midem coincides with Tencent’s push to expand elsewhere into Asia