News Star lawyer Petra Hansson quits Spotify after 10 years General Counsel worked at Spotify for more than a decade
Analysis News French recorded music market up 5.4% – but streaming growth slowed in 2016 Streaming up 37% year-on-year as physical still dominates market
News Now Facebook is hiring for a legal music licensing boss Social giant hired former WMG and YouTube exec Tamara Hrivnak in January
Interviews ‘Managers need to motivate artists. But we also need artists to motivate us.’ How Colin Lester stuck by his star artist - even when the music industry turned its back
Analysis News Live Nation companies now manage over 500 artists worldwide Everyone from Roc Nation to Philymack and Vector named as a subsidiary
News Netsky signs publishing deal with Stellar Songs Tim Blacksmith and Danny Ds company secures sought-after signature
News Universal posts record revenues for 2016 – as streaming overtakes physical sales Major now pulling in $4.5m a day from streaming alone
News Who was Sweden’s biggest songwriter of 2016? Markus "Mack" Sepehrmanesh pips Max Martin to accolade
News Sony Music artists won more than two-thirds of this year’s BRIT Awards Warner Music goes home empty-handed at UMG artists collect three gongs
News Sentric Music signs exclusive publishing deal with Doc Brown Ben Bailey Smith's alter ego to release new album Stemma this summer
News Rag’N’Bone Man album sells 117k in powerful week one UK performance Human has already outsold the biggest British debut LP in 2016
News ‘Dua Lipa is a musician with a lot to say. Her album will show the breadth of her personality.’ Warner Bros UK boss Phil Christie discusses one of the biggest new artists of the year
News Spotify creating 1,000 jobs in New York as it moves to Four World Trade Center Company looks to be doubling office space in city
News Amazon poaches respected BBC Introducing boss Jason Carter News comes after BBC Radio 1's fourth sub-10m Rajar in a row