News Paradigm set to lay off over 100 staff – more than a seventh of its workforce – as Coronavirus live music lockdown hurts agencies Paradigm CEO Sam Gores hopes redundancies will be "temporary"
News Songtradr sacrifices fees, giving 100% of sync money to artists, for a full month, in response to COVID-19 woes "Artists have supported us through our journey. Now it’s time for us to step up and support them in a big way."
News SoundCloud slashes SoundCloud Pro Unlimited price, partners with Twitch to help creators during Coronavirus live show shutdown "We are all facing an unprecedented situation."
News Confirmed: The Weeknd’s After Hours surpassed a million pre-adds on Apple Music ahead of release "Let the music heal us during these dark times."
News The Weeknd smashes Apple Music record, heading towards 1m global pre-adds of new album After Hours already has 975,000 pre-adds – Apple's digital equivalent of traditional pre-orders
News Live Nation shares bounce back as Liberty Media pays off $130m company loan News appears to have been interpreted positively by the markets
Analysis News Yes, global Spotify chart streams are down this week. No, that doesn’t mean Coronavirus is hurting the record industry. Worldwide streams in Spotify's Top 200 have fallen 11%. But that's no reason for labels to worry...
Analysis News Screw you, Coronavirus. At least music’s streaming business is still booming. How are music streaming services faring in a COVID-19-hit world?
News Live Nation share price plummets 13% after Glastonbury and Eurovision Coronavirus cancellations (UPDATE) Firm's market cap has fallen by over two-thirds in a month
News Coronavirus clobbers music retail, as Amazon halts trade orders of CD and vinyl FNAC shuts down physical stores in France, as Germany begins "far-reaching" measures
News Grammy-winning songwriter Andrew Watt tests positive for Coronavirus: ‘This is not a joke.’ "To have the mentality, 'I'm young, this can't affect me' is just straight up stupid..."
News Tencent Music generated over $1bn from online music last year, ending 2019 with 39.9m paying users TME generated $514m from paying online music subscribers in the year
News Raine Group forecasts that independent artist sector will earn over $2bn this year Merchant bank says 'DIY' artist income, specifically, will jump by 27% to $1.22 billion in 2020
News Amazon Music opens up streaming data with Amazon Music For Artists app App gives artists access to near-real-time streaming data, providing artists with the latest streaming data across their entire catalog
News Apple inks new deals with Universal, Sony and Warner for music streaming Deal does not include license for Apple Music and TV bundle