News ReverbNation launches music publishing operation with Sentric CONNECT Songs will offer administration under a revenue sharing model
Interviews After buying Tunecore, Believe Digital ready to challenge majors Denis Ladegaillerie says combined company will turn over $250m a year
News Universal may hold key to Spotify’s $400m injection To be valued at $8.4bn, Spotify may need its UMG deal done
News Former EMI boss Roger Faxon to join Pandora’s Board Ex-AEG CEO Tim Leiweke also joining controversial radio company
News Vessel gets $57.5m in new funding to help take on YouTube IVP joins Bezos Expeditions and more to back video service
News Malaysian radio network Astro launches $4-per-month Spotify rival Free and premium tiers available in country
News President of YouTube monetisation site AdRev exits after 8 months Former CD Baby boss Brian Felsen going it alone
Analysis Has music missed its ‘Netflix moment’? Netflix has more paying subscribers worldwide than the entire music business
News Believe Digital fully acquires rival Tunecore Both companies will continue to operate separately
News 20% of people online are music pirates – but most know it’s theft 4 billion music downloads took place from BitTorrent sites last year
News ‘Major labels are paying artists more generously than they used to’ IFPI research suggests more of the pie is being shelled out by record companies