News Strong dollar drags Warner Music’s revenues down 10%, losses narrow Digital revenues decline thanks to currency exchange
News Universal Music Group hires global playlist strategy boss Jay Frank brought in as UMG invests in DigSin
News Apple Music numbers revealed: 11m sign-ups so far, 2m join family plan Eddy Cue spills the beans on platform's performance
News Spotify Content Chief Ken Parks exits, joins startup Pluto TV Parks is being replaced by Stefan Blom
News Bob Roback named CEO of INgrooves parent Isolation Network IN owns INgrooves, INscribe Digital and IN Enterprise Solutions
News Beatport freezes payments to labels, throwing indies into disarray 'Going private' process causes havoc for small labels
News Live Nation acquires UK’s MAMA through Gaiety Investments JV Lovebox, The Great Escape and Jazz Cafe included in deal
News Kobalt’s AMRA signs its first global collection deal… with Apple Collection society represents Kobalt's 500 publishing partners
News Apple Music is now even more free – if you pick the right mobile operator And Apple's looking to launch an MVNO
News INgrooves Music Group hires Director of Promotion & Marketing in New York Former Glassnote and EMI exec joins independent distribution/services company
News Live Nation acquires MLK, launches aggressive bid to rule German market Live entertainment giant makes its big move in central Europe
News Warner Music Group paid more money for Parlophone than we thought… WMG actually paid €621m (or £515m) for PLG
News One Direction’s new song is making $21k a day on Spotify – and you’ll struggle to find it on YouTube Over 3m streams a day for 1D's building hit
Analysis News Buckle up: Amazon is spending crazy money on entertainment. And it hasn’t even started on music… Another day, another serious player looking hard at music