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
News Frank Ocean’s Blonde has been illegally downloaded 750,000 times in less than a week MUSO data shows popularity of Apple exclusive on torrenting sites
News Yes, Lucian Grainge has ‘banned’ streaming exclusives at UMG. No, it’s not all about Frank Ocean. UMG doesn't think exclusives work for its business - and they're not suing Frank
News Domino Director John Dyer leaves independent label after 11 years Exec joined Laurence Bell from [PIAS] in 2005
Analysis Lucian Grainge wants to crush streaming exclusives. Does he really have the power? From Kanye to Rihanna and Beyonce, artists are taking control of the music business
News Universal just lost Frank Ocean. Apple did not. Blonde is not affiliated with UMG - it's a self- release