Interviews Zane Lowe on why Apple Music is ‘in the storytelling business’ – and why Billie Eilish is ‘magic’ The Apple Music exec and Beats 1 anchor on what he wants to achieve – and the 17-year-old wunderkind
News Apple: Billie Eilish’s record-breaking album shows why ‘pre-adds’ are now the new ‘pre-orders’ Apple's Oliver Schusser and Interscope's Steve Berman on a new pop phenom
Interviews Masterminding Marshmello: ‘How do we turn this into the next Disney?’ Moe Shalizi on managing, growing up – and developing a cultural phenomenon
News Three Six Zero acquires Will Smith’s management company, Westbrook Entertainment Will Smith: 'We love Mark [Gillespie]'s approach to business.'
Analysis News Big question: Could Google buy Universal Music Group? Google tried to buy 50% of Sony/ATV a few years ago. Could it come again for a rightsholder?
News Spotify vs. songwriters: Sony/ATV’s Martin Bandier and Warner/Chappell’s Carianne Marshall urge composers to fight royalty rate challenge "I am incredibly disappointed that Spotify and the other companies have chosen to attack songwriters by appealing the long-overdue rate increases."
News Apple blasts Spotify for ‘suing’ songwriters: ‘A damaging step backwards for the music industry’ 'Underneath the rhetoric, Spotify’s aim is to make more money off others’ work.'
News Warner celebrates ‘biggest market share gain of any major music company’ in 2018 'This was the third year running we saw the biggest jump [of any major label group], and the fifth straight year we gained global share.'
Interviews How The Greatest Showman became the world’s favorite album of 2018 Atlantic's President on the west coast, Kevin Weaver, discusses a soundtrack phenomenon
News Spotify files anti-trust complaint against Apple over ‘app tax’ in EU 'After trying unsuccessfully to resolve the issues directly with Apple, we’re now requesting that the EC take action to ensure fair competition.'
Analysis News How Spotify could pinch back over $320m from songwriters with its new legal appeal What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board's new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers
News Spotify accused of ‘giant lie’ as it defends attempt to block songwriter pay rise in the US "They must think artists and songwriters are stupid. They are not."
News Savan Kotecha, Sonny Takhar launch publishing company, partner with UMPG "We know our songwriters and producers will benefit from having Universal Music Publishing’s global muscle behind them."
News Spotify vs. songwriters: Irving Azoff, Justin Tranter and other leading music biz figures slam streaming company’s royalty rise appeal "Apple understands they’re in the artist business. Clearly, Google, Pandora, Spotify and Amazon don’t."
News Tencent Music’s Group Vice President Andy Ng stands down Exec is a leading figure at China's biggest streaming music company