News Kobalt Capital raises $600m fund to spend on buying music copyrights Kobalt-managed fund has previously acquired Lindsey Buckingham, B-52's and Steve Winwood songs
News Warner/Chappell storms to Q3 No.1 market share spot in US Major takes 22.99% market share in three months to end of September
News Max Lousada pays tribute to ‘friend, colleague and mentor’ Korda Marshall at A&R Awards 2017 'Korda showed me you could dream big without selling out'
Interviews Willard Ahdritz: ‘We are building a company for the future of the music business’ The Kobalt boss on his optimism for the future of the record business
Interviews ‘We have shown that great records from anywhere in the world can become hits’ Universal Music Latin Entertainment boss Jesús López on Despacito and the worldwide explosion of Latin Music
Analysis News Sony Music streaming revenues top $1bn in first nine months of 2017 Streaming accounted for 49% of all sales in quarter ending September 2017
Interviews News How Mika sold 10m albums… then reinvented himself as an award-winning TV star The musician is a televised superstar in Italy - and has some things to say about Sir Lucian Grainge
News What Morrissey really thinks of Korda Marshall (and other amazing tributes) Matt Bellamy, alt-J, Max Lousada, Seymour Stein and more pay tribute to an A&R Icon
News Spotify on course to hit 500m users and a $100bn valuation, says GP Bullhound Joyous news for Daniel Ek... from one of his investors
News Major labels are paying out $1.2bn a year to independent labels and artists, says report WINTEL report claims independents have a 38.4% market share in copyright ownership terms
Analysis News Music publishing jobs have shrunk 10% in three years in UK – as label jobs have grown 7% Per-head GVA at publishers stood at a whopping £440k last year
News Topsify founder Kieron Donoghue out at Warner after 3 years Kieron Donoghue leaves Warner after selling his company in 2014
News Kobalt raises another $14m, forecasts FY revenues of $500m Firm's headcount set to hit 600 by the end of current financial year
News James Grant Group acquires 10 Management in the UK JGG will now represent both Take That as a band and the solo careers of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald
News Big changes at Parlophone: Miles Leonard to exit in 2018 – but who’ll replace him? Max Lousada continues to execute sweeping changes both in the US and the UK