Analysis News Concord’s $500m+ Imagem buy marks the birth of a major player in music The whopping pricetag is one of the biggest in music business history
News SoundCloud’s Stephen Bryan headed to YouTube, say sources MBW is hearing that SoundCloud's CCO is on his way to join Lyor Cohen
News Arcade Fire pull catalogue from UMG/Merge to sign new deal with Sony Are Sony UK boss Jason Iley's fingerprints on the contract?
Analysis News Why Universal is like ‘cheese puffs’ – and could be headed for an IPO What is Vincent Bollore ultimately going to do with Vivendi's most prized asset?
News Rob Stringer sets out his vision for Sony Music leadership Recently-promoted exec talks China, international, and "very aggressive" acquisition strategy
News Spotify acquires 4th company in past 3 months – and looks set to buy more Company hires M&A specialist Sheila Spence after buying Niland in France
News Spotify revenues topped $3bn in 2016, with losses above $330m – report If correct, figures would mean losses growing faster than revenues
News It’s official: BMG paid $103m for Broken Bow Records and its parent Bertelsmann-owned company splashed $136m on acquisitions in 2016
Analysis The major labels are now earning $150 from streaming every single second UMG claims a 44% share of format's revenues in opening three months of 2017
News Spotify now officially has more UK listeners than BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's weekly audience has declined by more than 2m people in past 5 years
News SiriusXM’s Pandora buyout could be back on – report New York Post report suggests streaming's big buyout might be back on
News Spotify relaunches its three-months-for-$1 subscription promotion Offer adds to other recent discounts with Capital One and New York Times
Interviews Jimmy Iovine: ‘Musicians taught me everything. Without them, I’m working on the docks.’ Jimmy Iovine talks Apple, Spotify, 'free' music, Interscope and much more
News Universal signs major licensing deal with Tencent in China Pair will jointly build Abbey Road China in the region
News SoundExchange moves into publishing rights by acquiring Canadian body CMRRA Toronto-based mechnical rights agency snapped up by recorded rights organization