News David Dollimore to be named RCA UK boss – Dipesh Parmar set to lead Sony’s Ministry Of Sound Colin Barlow set to leave RCA after five years as President
News James Sully exits Sheridans to join Reed Smith in London and Los Angeles Exec leaves Sheridans after more than a decade at the company
Analysis News Why 2016 will go down as a giant year for the global recorded music business Every major market's income was up in H1, aside from Japan
Analysis News Streaming drives Warner Music’s biggest annual revenues in 8 years Major music company posts more than $3.2bn in sales to end of September
News Irving Azoff’s GMR sues US radio ‘cartel’, alleging unfair payment of songwriters Legendary manager takes the good fight to terrestrial broadcasters
News Apple Music surpasses 20m paying subscribers 17 months after launch Apple has added ten million subscribers in 2016 alone
Interviews Steve Barnett on running Capitol: ‘Your faith has to be greater than your fear’ The Universal exec talks about Lucian Grainge, industry politics and his years at Columbia
News Aggressive Live Nation buys again with 7th major acquisition of 2016 Splendour in the Grass snapped up with Secret Sounds Group
News Napster to power iHeartRadio’s on-demand streaming service Interesting streaming service set to get big audience boost in the US
News Is Facebook starting to take music copyright seriously? New job posting requires music expertise... and knowledge of YouTube's Content ID
Analysis Record label A&R spend grew by $300m last year – but marketing spend fell Record companies appear to be prioritizing new talent investment
News Broken Bow Records on the block, say sources – and all 3 majors want it Jason Aldean's Nashville home is also subject to an approach from BMG, we're told
News The Offspring’s ‘Sony’ catalogue will now be distributed by Universal worldwide US Punk band's post-1997 recordings are owned by indie Round Hill Music
News Drake finally loses his Spotify crown to record-breaking The Weeknd Canadian overtakes fellow Canadian on Spotify's global listener rankings
News Bee Gees leave Warner deal for UMG as Capitol signs band’s catalogue Steve Barnett's team signs legendary band three months after McCartney