News Pascale Khalaf named VP of Synch & Licensing at Warner/Chappell UK Richard Manners calls exec 'a world-class expert in her field'
News Believe Digital expands into Norway with Indie Distribution partnership News comes less than a year after Believe took on $60m in investment
News INgrooves founder Robb McDaniels is giving away chunks of his new company to managers Faction is a 'management services' company with a difference
News Universal unhappy about TIDAL’s ‘ridiculous’ Rihanna leak accusation UMG source: 'They are trying to pass blame for their own incompetence.'
News 1,500 YouTube plays now officially counts as an ‘album’ in the US Ratio for single downloads lengthened from 100-1 to 150-1
News Jeannette Perez named Global Synch & Brand Partnerships boss at Kobalt Exec steps up to take worldwide role, reporting into Richard Sanders
News Beatport: SFX bankruptcy won’t stop our label payments Digital service makes pledge to its partners
News SFX Entertainment files for bankruptcy in the US Beatport and Tomorrowland owner now looks to be taken private and wipe $300m off debt bill
News TIDAL blames Universal for Rihanna ANTI release leak blunder Interesting tactic from TIDAL as UMG get public flak
News LastMinute.com founder leaves Shazam board Brent Hoberman steps down from UK-registered firm's board
News Deep Purple companies fall into administration Firms created to manage and exploit copyrights are now up for sale
News 24% of Sony Music’s recorded music income now comes from streaming Adele, One Direction and Little Mix amongst Q4's biggest global sellers
Analysis Spotify is converting more people into paying subscribers than ever before Service now has 28m paying subscribers and close to 100m active users
Analysis Spotify’s investment striptease is an ugly necessity – but an insult to artists Spotify goes all out to attract investors in new $500m round - but what about musicians?