News TuneCore on course to pay out $200m in digital royalties this year Believe Digital-owned company offers free track distribution to celebrate
News Pandora CEO Tim Westergren to step down – report Co-founder will stay on until replacement is found, says report
News Sean Parker exits Spotify board after seven years New company filings show two exits, four additions to company's board
News Now Apple wants to reduce royalty rate it pays record labels Major label deals with Apple set to expire at the end of this month
Interviews ‘I’m an entrepreneur… and I don’t like to lose’ John Janick on ruling at Interscope, leaving behind Fueled By Ramen - and the future
News Is Sony about to buy Believe Digital in a nine-figure deal? Sources suggest that Sony is in, but WMG and UMG aren't at the table
News Spotify has spent $120m on acquisitions in little over three years Daniel Ek has an eye for innovative tech startups...
Analysis News Spotify’s average subscriber is paying $30 a year less than they were in 2013 Per-head monthly spend on service has fallen to nearly $5 per month
Analysis News Spotify revenues hit $3.3bn in 2016 – but net losses soared to $597m Finance costs hammer Daniel Ek's company as subscriptions fly
News Spotify surpasses 140m active users – up by 100m in just three years Audience jumps by 40m in just 12 months
Analysis SiriusXM’s Pandora investment looks like a lifeline – but feels like an invasion What does Greg Maffei have up his sleeve for Pandora and Tim Westergren?
News Merlin deals paying out the equivalent of nearly $1m a day to independent labels Payouts grow 52% over past year - but online 'value gap' is dragging these numbers down
News YouTube has a new label relations boss: SoundCloud’s Stephen Bryan Exec reunited with former Warner colleague Lyor Cohen
Analysis News Apple Music’s growth is getting faster… but it can’t quite keep up with Spotify Apple added 7m subs in the prior 6 months - but Spotify added 10m
Interviews ‘A lot of artists in the old days were bullied. And I hate bullies.’ Bill Curbishley, legendary manager of The Who, speaks about his life to MBW