News Amazon is subsidizing $7.99-a-month Prime streaming for labels Retail giant to cover $2 per user for the music business
News ‘X Factor meets Spotify’ coming to the US as NBC snaps up The Stream Norwegian format acquired by major network in North America
News Spotify UK is profitable – but advertising revenues fell last year Ad income drops by 2%, accounting for 5.7% of total company revenues
News Spotify Chairman Martin Lorentzon steps down as Daniel Ek takes his place News comes a month after Chief Revenue Officer left company
News Amazon launches $7.99-a-month Spotify rival for Prime members US launch arrives, with device coming to UK, Germany and beyond later this year
News Bruno Crolot named General Manager of Spotify France and Benelux Former Midem and Universal Music exec takes top job at streaming company
News Merlin opens Japan office in Tokyo, headed by Haji Taniguchi Streaming was up 85% in value in Japan in H1 2016
News UMG more in thrall to Vincent Bolloré as his Vivendi stake tops 20% French businessman will receive 29% voting rights at Vivendi next year
News Matador Records expands in UK with three new vacancies Beggars Group partner currently hiring for three new positions
News Beggars Group profits soar 230% in Adele’s record-breaking year UK-based independent turned over more than £70m in 2015
News Free money for indie labels as UK Government pledges £2.8m grant MEGS scheme will be administered by the BPI
Analysis Is BBC Radio 1 on the brink of a crisis? Yet another music exec has quit following Radio 1's disastrous recent Rajar result
News Here are BBC Radio 1’s most-played artists this year. Are there enough UK acts? Drake, The 1975, Shawn Mendes and Coldplay lead BBC station's playlist
Analysis Alas, we knew them well… Meet the 50+ execs who once worked in the 'traditional' music biz - then left it behind...
News Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton dies aged 66 after cancer battle Musician also wrote Rock With You, Off The Wall and Baby Be Mine