News Canadian Industry Awards: Bruce Allen, Universal, Dine Alone win iTunes, Spotify and E-One amongst other winners
News Turns out Spotify acquired The Echo Nest for just €50m Initial reports said deal was worth $100m
News Spotify revenues topped €1bn in FY2014 – but losses grew 77% to €165m Operating losses up 77% to €165m in FY2014
News Fintage House launches ‘full-service’ publishing model – including masters BirdPen are first act to benefit from 'publishing-plus' approach
News SoundCloud signs landmark deal with publishers – as Sony pulls tracks Adele, Hozier and more yanked from service as major label talks beak down
News Concord acquires Wind-Up and Fearless after $100m investment Music company is backed by investment manager Wood Creek
News Why Sony really, really wants One Direction to stay together Boyband's albums have outsold all other releases for past three years
News ‘Shameless’ Pandora set to claw back $1.5m from songwriters with FM buy KXMZ FM deal looks like it's going through
Analysis Fast-growing Sony/ATV now controls 4 million song copyrights Publisher is around 800,000 ahead of rival UMPG
News Live Nation just spent $16m on a management company and a promoter Sweden's SPG claimed some of the money - plus a mystery firm
Analysis Can Russia’s anti-piracy law revive the global music business? New copyright legislation gives industry players hope
News Universal appoints Vocanic’s Florian Jungbauer in Hong Kong office George Ash welcomes former Vocanic MD
News Simfy quits streaming music race in Germany as Spotify dominates Platform was born in 2010 and expanded abroad
News Spotify selling 3 months of ad-free music for less than $1 in the US Offer available for non-existing subscribers