News Sony puts new Diplo single behind streaming paywall in India Saavn, Gaana and Hungama agree to block free users for limited period
News Pandora lost $407m in the first half of 2017 – and continues to shed listeners The challenge facing the firm's new investors is sharpened as active users fall to lowest point in more than 3 years
News Harry Styles helps push Sony Music revenues up 11%, as downloads claim just 13% of firm’s sales Streaming revenues jump 22% and claim 39% of Sony labels' overall revenues
News Spotify storms past 60m subscribers, now adding more than 2m a month Daniel Ek's company races ahead of Apple Music by adding 10m subs since March
News SESAC strikes landmark US radio deal – for rates it claims are 50% higher than ASCAP’s Private rights organization says ASCAP's settlement "does not reflect fair market value"
News Pandora shuts down in Australia and New Zealand after 5 years As SiriusXM admits that it wanted to acquire Pandora instead of invest in the company
News Caroline International celebrates triple Mercury Prize nomination Fiction's Jim Chancellor says he's "beside himself with excitement" for his acts
News Downloads will soon be making less money than ‘free’ streaming platforms in France Overall recorded music market falls 2.3% in the first half of 2017, digital claims 55%
News Universal promotes Thijs Mantel in Holland as MD Norbert Plantinga exits company Mantel will report to CEO Kees van der Hoeven in his new role
News UK recorded music business on course for $150m+ growth in 2017 Spotify and Ed Sheeran set up huge year for the British record business
Analysis Facebook takes another big step towards the music biz with Source3 buyout The history of Patrick Sullivan and Ben Cockerham suggests their music knowledge is in high demand
News Warner Bros President Dan McCarroll exits label after three years Former Capitol exec departs amid industry chatter about future of label's leadership
News Independent publishing in ‘rude health’ – as IMPEL mulls new partner options Publishing's answer to Merlin is set to evolve rapidly in the second half of this year
Interviews ‘There are an immense number of songwriters not making enough money to live on’ Wixen Music boss Randall Wixen on the value of music and the future for publishing
Analysis News Forget about fake artists – it’s time to talk about fake streams. We just bought 10,000 Spotify plays on the internet. It was easy.