News Amazon is readying a hi-def music streaming service At least one major label has already licensed hew HD service, MBW can reveal
News All-time Shazam record smashed by Florence + The Machine track in Game Of Thrones Florence Welch's track was 'Shazamed' approximately 300,000 times worldwide within 24 hours
Interviews The rise, retreat and re-emergence of Lincoln Elias His peers say he might be the greatest there ever was. So whatever happened to the A&R's A&R?
News Spotify loses catalog of India’s oldest label after copyright infringement lawsuit You can read lawsuit in full here
News Why Amazon and Google’s free music tiers could spell trouble for Spotify Spotify's audio advertising offering could be under threat from the big boys
News Free Amazon music streaming service now live via Alexa in the United States Ad-supported tier is available 'out the box' for Alexa users
News Amazon’s free Spotify rival is ‘imminent’, licensed by major labels "The music industry seems to be in a good place with Amazon and Apple right now – but less so with Spotify."
News Universal close to generating $10m per day from streaming, as Q1 label revenues grow 19.2% Firm's biggest-selling artists in Q1 were Ariana Grande, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, Back Number, Queen and Billie Eilish
News Jody Gerson: UMPG ‘stands with songwriters’ fighting Spotify CRB appeal "By appealing the ruling, these companies fail to acknowledge that songwriters need to be paid fairly."
News Hit songwriters tell Spotify’s Daniel Ek they’re ‘hurt and disappointed’ by CRB rate appeal 'You have used us and tried to divide us but we stand together.'
News Sony/ATV employees to be paid ‘special’ bonuses related to EMI Music Publishing buyout Jon Platt announces that entire company will benefit from money related to acquisition of EMP
News Troy Carter returns with new services company Q&A, merging with J.Erving’s Human Re Sources 'My time spent at Spotify allowed me the opportunity to see gaps that still exists between the music business and technology.'
Analysis News Billie Eilish proves that young people WILL stream blockbuster albums… when they’re encouraged to do so Average listener of album on day one listened through 81% of 14-track album
News Alison Bonny leaves Spotify after 8 years Bonny joined Spotify shortly before its US launch in 2011
News A stark warning for record labels: UK industry revenues FELL after inflation in 2018 Despite 34.9% rise in subscription money, 2018 carried some major concerns for UK labels