Interviews ‘I think we’ve got by far and away the UK’s best A&R force’ Universal Publishing UK boss Mike McCormack's first interview since landing the job last year
News Pat Carr leaves BMG UK three years after Infectious buyout Exec recently worked on campaigns by Rick Astley and Blink 182
News Facebook offers ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to labels and publishers for global licences Can it match the $553m paid out by video services last year?
News Apple axes annual Apple Music Festival in London after 10 years The likes of Adele, Oasis and The Weeknd played annual showcase
Analysis News The 2017 music streaming cash bonanza: How the major labels stack up The majors will generate $5bn from streaming this year - but who's king of the jungle?
News The question all songwriters should be asking Vivendi this week… Canal Plus is refusing to pay authors' rights in France. It's owned by the same company as UMG. Tricky.
Analysis News Universal Music Group streaming revenues soar 45% to top $1bn in H1 2017 Company flies through billion dollar barrier as total group sales exceed $3bn
News Warner acquires rock specialist label Artery Recordings Recordings catalogue sold by CEO Eric Rushing to major group
News BMG revenues top $250m in first half of 2017, up 28% year-on-year Bertelsmann-owned company on course to post more than $500m in sales this year
News Goldman Sachs: Universal is worth $23.5bn – and streaming revenues will jump 500%+ by 2030 New report suggests the good times are really about to roll for the music business
Analysis News Taylor Swift looks unlikely to break Ed Sheeran’s week-one Spotify record Shape Of You clocked up more than 26m streams in its opening four days
News Taylor Swift breaks all-time day one Spotify record with Look What You Made Me Do Comeback single beats milestone set by Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You (one of them, anyway)
News Spotify launches in Thailand with subscription price of less than $4 a month Move means streaming service is now available in 61 markets worldwide
News Irving Azoff: ‘Who do YouTube and Lyor Cohen think they’re bullsh*tting?’ Bad blood runs deep as YouTube and music business accuse each other of lack of transparency
News Beggars Group revenues topped £70m last year, with £11.9m net profit Top-performing albums in the year included Adele, Daughter and Sampha