Analysis How Facebook can go from villain to hero: Pinch Vevo from YouTube Why the music business's own video channel could be the key to helping Mark Zuckerberg
News BMG paid $100m for Broken Bow in ‘significant milestone’ for its business Buyout gives company a strategic recordings foothold in Nashville
News BMG beats majors to acquire Jason Aldean label Broken Bow BMG launches recorded music operation in Nashville through buyout
News Google generated $90bn last year, 6 times more than the global recorded music business Google turned over $89.5bn in 2016, with more than $79bn coming from ads
News HMV Canada to close 102 stores as it goes under owing $43m Labels and movie studios set to miss out on payment as firm meets sad end
News Facebook poaches key YouTube exec Tamara Hrivnak as global music strategy boss Former Warner exec will head up company's music business development worldwide
News Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd saw revenues grow 10% last year Publisher's UK sales topped £53m in 12 months to end of March 2016
News Sony International boss Edgar Berger exits after 12 years Exec joined Sony in 2005 from Bertelsmann
Interviews ‘Traditional music publishing doesn’t help artists at a certain level’ How Sentric Music has built up over a decade to offer songwriters a different route to success
Interviews News Justin Tranter: ‘Being an artist sucks. I’m just going to be honest…’ Justin Tranter, one of modern pop's go-to songwriters, tells it how it is...
News [PIAS] acquires Inertia Music in Australia Like [PIAS], Inertia runs its own label as well as a distribution/services arm
Analysis Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly? How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?
News With 1m global album sales, Christine And The Queens ready next step Because Music founder Emmanuel De Buretel explains what's next
Analysis Why Netflix’s growing profits will have left Spotify sweating Film and TV company's gross margins tower above those of Daniel Ek's company
News Sony/ATV: Paul McCartney lawsuit is ‘unnecessary and premature’ Did the former Beatle file suit to avoid the same fate as Duran Duran?