News Universal, Sony and Warner license new streaming platform CÜR Music All three majors appear to have taken a slice of equity in the business
News iHeartRadio surpasses 80m registered listeners Grows 10m on its registered listener base last year
News The sad final act of Blinkbox Music: selling off its database JD Sports group buys customer emails from defunct Spotify rival
News Can these former Rdio execs woo the music biz for Pandora? Iain Morris and Rich Masio on board at all-new Pandora
Analysis News Why do major record labels dominate UK radio quite so much? There were 18 independent tracks amongst France's biggest radio songs last year
News Avicii and Tove Lo beat Max Martin in list of Sweden’s biggest songwriters Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare at No.2 in 2015 rankings
Analysis Netflix is putting all sides of the music business to shame Making A Murderer - and setting an example to labels and Spotify
News Universal acquires UK metal label Candlelight via Spinefarm Universal makes first significant acquisition since 2014
Analysis Adele’s 25 is a very special album – but it’s not a miracle Just how special is 'the Adele factor'?
News Loss-making 7Digital Group says it will be profitable this year Simon Cole says profitability on the cards for 2016
News Global music piracy downloads grew by almost a fifth in 2015 But overall activity on piracy sites falls by 20%
News Deezer absorbs €100m investment from Orange and Access Industries Len Blavatnik pumps more money into Spotify rival
News Spotify and Starbucks are sort of doing Shazam without Shazam Centralised playlists will allow customers to identify tracks
News Did Spotify just buy its way to taking on WhatsApp? Acquisition of Cord Project suggests a WhatsApp-esque future for music app
Analysis News Germany’s recorded music market grows 3.9%, widens lead over UK Physical claims 69.1% of overall market