News Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘When people said the music industry was over, we didn’t listen.’ Universal chief addresses Capitol staff at record label's Congress event in Hollywood
Analysis News Warner posts biggest revenues in over 14 years as Q3 streaming cash jumps 59% Both Warner's recorded music and overall revenues hit historic highs in quarter
News Apple in talks over $1bn buyout of major movie and music company in India – report Netflix and Amazon also reportedly interested in acquiring Eros Group's content library
Analysis News As SoundCloud, valued at $300m, books an uncertain future… could a major label have rescued it? MBW learns details of new deal - and they've got industry fans concerned
Interviews ‘In Germany, we take chances with artists – no matter where they’re from’ Universal Music's CEO of Central Europe, Frank Briegmann, on his home territory's evolution
News Eminem manager Paul Rosenberg named new Def Jam boss Steve Bartels set to exit Universal label before the end of the year
News Uncategorized Cooking Vinyl inks exclusive deal with Alibaba’s Xiami in China "Cooking Vinyl is very excited that Alibaba / Xiami are opening the door for them to the new emerging Chinese market and is honoured to be their first Western record company partner."
Analysis News Spotify is set to end 2017 with 70m subscribers and $5bn in revenue. But how much money will it lose? MBW's projections suggest Daniel Ek's company could hit 100m subs by the end of 2018
News Concord keeps faith with Imagem as it eyes further acquisitions Scott Pascucci and his senior team set out fast-growing company's strategy
News SESAC’s US radio deal hailed as ‘historic benchmark’ for new era of broadcast royalties Universal Music Publishing and the NMPA give their take on crucial rates decision
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"