News Universal spent $38m on restructuring in the first half of 2016 UMG completes move away from 'US'/'rest of the world' global setup
Interviews ‘Artists are complicated people. You’ve got to be sensitive to that.’ Big Life's Tim Parry on breaking a big act worldwide - and missing Jazz Summers
Analysis Major labels generated $5bn in first half of 2016 – as Universal took lion’s share Universal's streaming market share is greater than its overall holding
News PPL slashes anti-piracy spending as annual collections rise to £197m BPI contributions cut by a million as staff costs grow by £1.3m
Analysis Spotify’s competitors turn up the heat as Amazon readies its rival Pandora, Amazon, Vevo and others keen to launch new features over the coming months
News Spotify is making its own records… and putting them on playlists 'Chill' playlists being infiltrated by Spotify-owned recordings, MBW learns
Analysis News BMG revenues top $200m in H1 2016, with an 18% profit margin Bertelsmann-owned firm looks on course to near $500m revenue this year
News Universal isn’t quite done with streaming exclusives (but almost is) Major has apparently received "a flood" of supportive emails after Lucian Grainge's ban
News The biggest album launches in the US this year are streaming exclusives Views, Lemonade and now Blonde are the US's biggest week-ones this year
Analysis Katy Perry knows exactly how much Spotify is ‘punishing’ Apple exclusive artists… Rise appears to be a flop worldwide. Except Australia.
News Universal exclusively windows new Ariana Grande video for clothing brand Guess Fashion brand is also going to sign artists as part of new deal
News Universal Norway boss Petter Singsaas exits major after 22 years Per Sundin and Frank Briegmann pay tribute to departing exec in internal note
News Spotify on course to hit 50m subscribers within the next six months Spotify is now adding around 450,000 subscribers every week
News Universal is now making $28m every week from streaming, but downloads are down 29% Streaming now equates to 36% of UMG's recorded music revenues
News Believe Digital buys French independent Naive for $12m Believe understood to have pipped Sony Music Entertainment to the deal