Analysis Why Sony’s EMI buyout won’t make it the world’s biggest music company – but will make it the biggest publisher How Sony and Universal would have stacked up in the 12 months to end of March this year
Analysis News Pandora now has a $14.99-per-month family plan to rival Spotify and Apple Music’s Firm bids to grow subscription base with rival discount bundle
News Sony forecasts slowdown in industry’s global recorded music growth in 2018 Kevin Kelleher presented numbers to investors in Japan this week
News Rob Stringer talks Spotify, YouTube, The Orchard and Sony’s ‘aggressive investment’ in data tools Address in Japan covers a range of areas essential to Sony's business
News Universal is worth more than Spotify, says Vivendi, as Q1 revenues rise 4.5% to $1.5bn Streaming jumps over 30% in Q1 but physical sales suffer 26% decline
News YouTube just added songwriter, label and publisher credits to millions of songs More than half a billion videos now carry credits on Google/Alphabet platform
News Now TIDAL is accused of failing to pay record labels on time Dagens Næringsliv report claims that TIDAL hasn't paid labels for months
News XL Recordings A&R head Imran Ahmed departs label after 12 years Exec will launch new venture in Los Angeles after taking a month out
Analysis News Will Spotify’s renewed love of ‘free’ make labels at all uncomfortable? Some thoughts about the power of words, and Spotify's use of them
Analysis Here’s exactly how many shares the major labels and Merlin bought in Spotify – and what those stakes are worth now Documents from 2008 reveal much about Spotify then - and now
News Warner quietly launches free Tunecore rival for unsigned artists Level Music doesn't charge artists for uploading their tracks
Interviews Eliah Seton on indie artists, big money deals and the future of the music business ADA boss Eliah Seton on his rise through the music industry, and the future for distribution and services companies
News TIDAL accused of deliberately faking Kanye West and Beyoncé streaming numbers Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv spills jaw-dropping revelations
Analysis Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t? The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?
News Warner has sold $400m of Spotify stock – and says it will share money with artists and label partners Steve Cooper confirms that three-quarters of shares have been cashed in