News Apple Music hires former Sony exec Scott Seviour to create original content Seviour worked across J Records, RCA and Epic for 13 years
News Kobalt strikes ‘revolutionary’ deal with YouTube giant AwesomenessTV Awesomeness's deal with Universal Music Group officially draws to an end
News YouTube, beware: Facebook is ready to do some global music licensing Job ad reveals all about social media giants plans
News iHeartRadio signs major label deals to launch Spotify rival in Q1 2017 Spotify rival 'All Access' coming alongside new ad-free 'plus' product
News Sony and Warner license ‘the Netflix of everything’ Books, games, music and movies available via iOS and Android app
Analysis News Apple Music helps US recorded music market grow 8.1% in first half of 2016 Average subscription price grows to $9.23
News Warner commits to SoundExchange artist payments as it signs Pandora deal Major joins UMG, Sony and Merlin
News Pandora’s free tier goes (more) interactive, as it launches new $4.99 service Pandora Plus takes over from Pandora One
News Lucian Grainge is now a Director at Lionsgate (and still boss of UMG) Exec becomes the newest director of global movie and TV giant
News Spotify’s Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Levick exits company after 5 years New York-based exec joined streaming company from AOL in 2011
News Kris Chen leaves XL after 11 years to join Warner’s Nonesuch Records Chen was head of operations at XL in the States, signing Vampire Weekend
Analysis News Spotify growth outpaces Apple Music as it officially tops 40m subscribers Daniel Ek's platform has added 12m subscribers this year alone so far
News TIDAL parent lost around $2m a month last year, while seeking extra financing First year of Jay Z ownership put under the microscope
News ‘Independent publishers have a special place in the music business’ How is peermusic meeting the challenges faced in the streaming era?
News Warner holds out on Pandora as UMG and Sony sign direct deals Traditional SoundExchange payout model looks to be under question