News A month after posting heavy losses, SoundCloud loses two top execs COO Marc Strigel and Finance Director Markus Harder both exit troubled company
News Frank Ocean lets rip at The Grammys. And really, who can blame him? 'I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful.'
News Pandora slates Spotify and Apple Music – as its losses double to $343m Tim Westergren targets subscription growth of 9m this year
Analysis News Warner Music just joined the $1bn streaming record company club Total recorded music revenues from the likes of Spotify and Apple Music hit 10 figures in 2016
News Average streaming subscription price fell to $6.49 a month in 2015 Mark Mulligan predicts there will be 221.5m subs by 2020 worldwide
News Big Machine launching global music TV show with Bell Media Scott Borchetta inks wide-ranging deal with CTV owner
Analysis If Spotify delays its IPO into 2018, it faces some serious financial pain How much has Daniel Ek's company promised in terms to secure a $1bn loan intake?
News Downtown launches new company in Japan, partners with Avex 'Japan is the world's 2nd largest music market and has been ignored by western publishers for decades'
Analysis Apple owns $246bn in cash. What’s it willing to spend on ruling music? Tim Cook is ready to acquire and wants original content. What could that mean for music?
Analysis News Sony Music earned $1.2bn from streaming platforms in 2016 Major label is now generating around $167k every hour from Spotify, Apple Music et al
News Ben Vaughn promoted to President of Warner/Chappell Nashville Popular exec joined Jon Platt's publisher in 2011 from EMI
Analysis News SoundExchange payouts grew 10% to a record $884m last year Organization distributed nearly half a billion dollars in second half of 2016
News SOCAN revenues grew 8% in 2016 as it paid out over $200m to songwriters and publishers Society breaks records, but income-to-distribution ratio increases
News After 15 years of decline, France’s recorded music market returns to growth Stéphane Le Tavernier celebrates the beginning of a turnaround story for the global industry