News The most popular song of all time on Spotify is not nominated for a Song of the Year Grammy No nomination for Shape Of You in Song or Record of the Year
News Spotify loses global markets boss to EQT… which then buys 40% stake in Epidemic Sound ... as Spotify investor Creandum increases stake in production music company
News Jody Gerson: Why I quit Sony/ATV – and stopped being the ‘loyal good girl’ 'I called Lucian Grainge, and he said, Are you ready to be the global Chairman of Universal Music Publishing?'
News Top Swedish major label exec suspended over sexual harassment allegations MBW understands individual recently accepted a senior job at Warner Music UK
News Swedish indie buys rights to Estelle’s American Boy from Warner Woah Dad! puts itself on the map with divestments acquisitions
News Swedish music industry rocked by sexual assault scandal as 1,993 women sign open letter Robyn, First Aid Kit and Zara Larsson lend signatures to open letter
Analysis News Universal’s streaming revenues will smash past $2bn this year Total company revenues will get somewhere near (or even above) $6bn
News Sonny Takhar and Live Nation launch Kyn Entertainment Kyns first client is Sony priority boyband PrettyMuch
News Alphabet/Google leads $70m funding for startup aiming to challenge major labels UnitedMasters has been set up by one-time President of Interscope Records, Steve Stoute
News Noise grows over potential $3bn sale of EMI Music Publishing Sony's fellow investors in EMI reportedly 'keen to bail out'
News Spotify poaches Deezer’s CEO of EMEA, Michael Krause Exec was responsible for more than 100 markets in previous role
News BMG revenues jump 29% in first nine months of 2017 despite acquisition slowdown Hartwig Masuch celebrates rise - but warns of private equity influx into industry
Analysis Pandora has lost $1bn in 4 years and is worth less than ever. Can it be salvaged? As user base sinks to lowest point on record, is Pandora beyond salvation?
News Taylor Swift to hold new album off streaming services for a week Looks like Taylor's gunning for those full LP sales in week one