News US recorded music market falls 0.5% in first half of 2015 New RIAA figures show health of market
News Streaming music subscriptions are starting to flatline in the US… Revenue rises, but overall subscriber number brings cause for concern
News Bring Me The Horizon: Not quite a UK No.1… but a global success story Sheffield rock band go Top 5 in US, UK, Sweden, Belgium, Holland - and No.1 in Australia
News Jazz Summers: music biz turns out to celebrate ‘full-time force of nature’ Badly Drawn Boy, Colin Barlow, Lisa Stansfield and more remember Big Life man
News Chris Moyles: Radio X is for ‘male, female, gay, straight, white, black…’ DJ says 'male-focused' reference should 'never have gone out in the press release'
News How self-releasing Stereophonics beat Sony in intense race to UK No.1 Independent Ignition masterminds victory in super-close chart battle
News Spotify is testing a ‘concerts’ feature behind the scenes Upgrade to 'About' page reveals possible new direction
News Spotify is sending marketing emails to an artist’s top fans again… Guy Garvey gets same treatment as Foo Fighters
News Universal’s Tunecore rival Spinnup secures Island deal for UK band Model Aeroplanes are first UK deal from DIY platform at Universal
News Another senior Universal Music Canada exec quits for Bell Media Tyson Parker joins Randy Lennox at broadcaster
News YouTube Music Key starts charging subscriptions… oh wait, no it doesn’t YouTube says request for payment was a 'mistake'
News Meet the new Grooveshark – aka ‘Popcorn Time for music’ Spotify-style app says it won't host any illegal content
Interviews The power of patience: Columbia UK’s old school approach to modern A&R How Alison Donald and Mark Terry have learned not to rush
News Sony Music strikes deal for world’s biggest Cuban music catalogue EGRAM recordings to be distributed around the world together for the first time
News Duffy is being managed by Peter Mensch at Q Prime – sources Vivendi has named Duffy as a special movie project