News Frank Ocean… brought to you by Apple Music After Drake, it appears Apple has nailed another monster exclusive
News Mike Jbara leaves Warner after 20 years to head up HD music firm MQA High def audio firm welcomes former WEA and ADA exec as CEO
News Sony’s publishing revenues fall as its copyright count blasts past 4.2m Sony Corporation results show publisher was hit by exchange rates
News Beyonce’s Lemonade was Sony’s biggest earner in the past quarter Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony and Sia all feature in Top 10 money-makers
News Streaming now makes Sony $25m a week – overtaking physical and download Streaming grows 39% as downloads plummet by 21%
News Steven Melrose joins Big Deal Music as SVP, A&R Former Epic and Island exec teams up with Kenny Macpherson
News Entertainment One Music looks set to make a splash in the UK Chris Taylor is expanded the business, and looking for a Director in London
News Warner raises $300m from the sale of senior notes Term loan debt paid down as notes are sold at 5% fixed interest rate
Interviews ‘Streaming has not broken the chart. The key is more long-term A&R.’ Do labels need to change their strategy in the streaming world?
News Apple Music buys rights to Carpool Karaoke spin-off exclusive Late Late Show segment has featured Adele, Justin Bieber and Michelle Obama
News MTV co-founder John Sykes steps down from Shazam board after 5 years Second major departure from board this year after Brent Hoberman
Interviews Martin Goldschmidt: 5 life lessons from 30 years of Cooking Vinyl Smoking joints, mad accountants and giving money to artists - all crucial to the growth of Cooking Vinyl
Analysis A quick reminder of the power of the tech biz vs the music biz Softbank just bought ARM for $32bn. For that amount, it could probably have bought all music ever.
News Randy Phillips to be named CEO of SFX Entertainment, say sources Exec left Global Entertainment in September after just seven months
News This Kobalt-managed fund has spent $200m on music rights in 5 years Kobalt Music Copyrights is doing big business in the music industry... but why?