News Widespread lay-offs at Global as Entertainment division is stripped After much fanfare, new talent division incurs heavy job cuts in UK and US
News The Stone Roses release first new material in 22 years on Virgin EMI and Columbia Ted Cockle's team will handle release of hugely anticipated album
News Why did Universal Music Group’s profits dip in Q1 despite its revenue rise? A €23m special items / restructuring cost hurt UMG's bottom line in the first three months of this year
News Vevo is moving into ‘long-form programming’ – and looking for stars Platform on the lookout for 'non-traditional sources such as internet based talent'
News SOCAN predicts dramatic YouTube revenue uplift as it acquires Medianet SOCAN says it is now the 'leader in accurate matching of music data'
News Len Blavatnik nabs ex-BBC TV boss to work on Warner Music projects Danny Cohen worked at the Beeb for 8 years - and brought record audiences to BBC One
News Streaming is paying Universal $4m a day – but iTunes income is crashing Vivendi-owned business posts billion dollar Q1 recorded music income
Analysis It pays out more than Spotify and is growing fast. Neighbouring rights: the music biz’s unsung hero. How labels and artists are raking it in from TV, radio, public performance and online radio
News Beatport quits music streaming as it suspends sale process SFX-owned dance specialist platform slims down - and is in no rush to sell
News Amazon takes on YouTube with new rival Amazon Video Direct Uploaders will be able to gate to premium-only Prime - but how do they get videos taken down?
News Ministry Of Sound and Sigala sign multimillion dollar deal with Sony Columbia and Ultra Records commit to global push for fast-rising UK producer
News Four out of the Top 5 albums in the UK aren’t on Spotify But Skepta's Konnichiwa reigns at No.1 - and IS on Spotify
News Island Records celebrates historic week for Drake in UK market Darcus Beese: 'From where we are standing the VIEWS are looking pretty spectacular"
News Kobalt’s AMRA increases YouTube publishing payouts by 34% in EU Spotify collections were up 26% quarter-on-quarter
News Universal’s new-look digital team adds ex-Warner exec Jonathan Dworkin 'Jonathan is one of the top business development executives in the business'