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.
News Here’s Spotify’s biggest problem – in a Netflix-shaped nutshell Spotify's average subscriber used to spend more than Netflix's. Things have changed.
News Universal hires Sony exec Adam Granite as EVP, Market Development Respected executive will report directly to Sir Lucian Grainge
News Believe: We’re not selling to Sony (but we are raising money) Denis Ladegaillerie tells MBW that Paris-based company has two acquisition targets in mind
News Sony is buying Believe Digital for up to $444m, says report (updated) MBW first reported the news last month
News Warner acquires Songkick’s concert discovery business Deal does not include ticketing operation formerly known as Crowdsurge