News Proper signs EU-wide partnership with H’Art Musik and Bertus Distribution Proper becomes 'one stop shop' for distribution in Europe
News Radio, not YouTube, is still king of music discovery 51% of US consumers use radio to discover new music
News Actually, album sales are doing fine in America… so long as you’re not iTunes, Walmart or Target 'Non-traditional' retail posts 5% increase in album sales
News US music fans now spend more on concerts than CDs, downloads and streaming combined Streaming claims just 3% of the average fan's yearly spend
News Is Universal fixing streaming’s transparency problem? Bono seems to think so… U2 man says UMG can 'direct-credit' artists with streaming payments
News Most hit singles in the UK are by non-British artists More than 97% of CD singles sold in Japan are by local artists
News Deezer set to challenge Spotify in US after swooping for Muve Pricetag believed to be less than $100m
News Universal creates ‘Data Alliance’ with comms group Havas 'This will super-charge our efforts' says Lucian Grainge
News Talpa Music to be led by Dessaur and Bruens at BMG Will work with Tony Berk and Pieter van Bodegraven
News Carlin Music’s David Japp exits publisher after 37 years Freddy Bienstock personally appointed Japp in 1988
News These two major label bosses disagree over free Spotify… 5 years apart Bronfman in 2010: 'Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry'