News Latest version of Article 13 will fail to fix YouTube ‘Value Gap’, warns Vivendi and the record industry Vivendi, IFPI and IMPALA all sign exasperated open letter regarding European Copyright Directive
News Why has Sony Music just launched a streaming service (and Spotify rival) in Japan? Streaming has overtaken downloads in revenue terms for first time this year in the market
Analysis News Spotify still pays artists out of one big ‘pot’. Should the company change its policy? Is the 'pro rata' system of payment fit for the modern era?
News Apple acquires A&R and creative services company Platoon Veteran AWAL/Apple exec Denzyl Feigelson will lead standalone business from its London HQ
Analysis News Apple Music reportedly tops 56m subscribers, up 6m in the past six months Number of Apple Music subscribers has grown to 56m, up from 50m in May, reports FT
Interviews ‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them, rather than going to the light.’ Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner's global recorded music operation
News Has Three Six Zero just launched its own label in partnership with Sony? Mark Gillespie exec produced new movie, starring Natalie Portman
News Spotify hasn’t been licensed by Universal, Sony or Warner for India (yet) The big three major labels are yet to sign on the dotted line
Analysis Why Spotify needs to up its game outside of Europe and the Americas (and is making big bets to do so) If Spotify's expanding into India, its investors should prepare themselves for a tough challenge ahead
Analysis News How Taylor Swift’s big demand will affect $280m+ of Universal’s money Why the pop icon is also, in one regard, a punk-rock rebel
News Record industry attacks YouTube for ‘carpet-bombing propaganda’ over Article 13 Labels respond to latest Lyor Cohen op/ed, which claims artists will be paid less after Article 13
News Universal will ignore artists’ unrecouped balances when it pays out Spotify share money… thanks to Taylor Swift 'They have generously agreed to this, at what they believe will be much better terms than paid out previously by other major labels.'
Analysis News Universal is having a huge year – right on time for sale-hungry Vivendi UMG's current performance suggests that, with a strong Q4, it will turn over somewhere close to $7bn in the full year of 2018
News Glassnote signs global alliance with Kobalt’s AWAL, leaves behind major label system 'It is truly a landmark day in the music industry and for the future of Glassnote.'
Analysis News Liberty Media: We’re ‘absolutely’ interested at looking into buying a stake in Universal Music Group The starting pistols go off on the biggest music rights deal of the year