News Sofar Sounds raises $25m to help ‘scale the artist-fan connection globally’ Raise is being led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Ventures
News ‘Creativity is a muscle. It must be worked out. It must be pushed.’ Geffen boss Neil Jacobson on A&R, talking fast, the death of the album and much more
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys Jamie Scott catalog 'Jamie Scott has been the UK’s most consistent hitmaker of the last 10 years.'
News After Spotify’s launch in India, how is its global expansion progressing? An in-depth look at how Spotify performed in Q1 in terms of users and subscribers around the world
News Sony Music to deliver ‘Real Time’ royalty data to artists, and enable monthly cash withdrawals 'Real Time Royalties' and 'Cash Out' set to make life much easier for Sony acts
News NME and Uncut acquired by Singapore’s BandLab Technologies 'We are very excited to welcome NME and Uncut to the BandLab Technologies family.'
Analysis BBC Radio 1 now reaches 17% of the UK population, down from 23% in 2011 Commercial radio and BBC Radio 2's reach has remained consistent in same timeframe
News Sony/ATV promotes David Ventura and Tim Major to co-MD roles in UK Jon Platt ups duo to run UK company
News SoundCloud hires Josh Nicoll as Head of Independent Label Services Former [PIAS] exec will work with Lisa Ellis, SoundClouds Global Head of Music, Artist Relations and Label Services
News Mike Chadwick to retire this summer, leaving behind role at The Orchard Co-Founder of Essential Music & Marketing has had a 42-year career in independent music
News Tencent Music is ‘windowing’ premium music behind a streaming paywall – with ‘encouraging results’ TME is putting premium music behind a paywall. Should Spotify and Apple follow suit?
News Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects hires Brittney King Brock as GM and President of Operations 10K works with artists including 6ix9ine, Trippie Redd, Lil Gnar and Austin Brown
News PledgeMusic fails to find buyer, heads for administration Co-founder Benji Rogers confirms demise of crowdfunding platform
News Warner boss Steve Cooper warns against ‘devaluation’ of music from freemium streaming services, and their ‘mismanaged’ family plans Rhetoric from major label group hardens in wake of India Spotify fallout
News Warner’s quarterly recorded music revenues grow 22.4% to hit $933m Warner's streaming revenues pip Sony, generating $537m from Spotify et al