News UK CMO PPL records largest ever payout of £150.7m in June Rise in revenue down to increased membership and international collections
News TuneCore partners with Sentric Music for improved service Sentric’s technology and direct global collection network to give artists increased revenue earning opportunities
News Now Drake’s Scorpion shatters Apple Music record – with over 170m streams on day one That's nearly double the play-count of Apple's previous record-holder
News Drake destroys Spotify day-one records with 132m+ plays of new album Scorpion Canadian megastar's LP racks up more than 80m streams in the US alone
News Drake goes wide on streaming with new, 25-track album, Scorpion One of the world's most popular artists is back in a big way
News Merck Mercuriadis fund successfully raises $260m+ to buy music copyrights Mercuriadis is already in discussions to buy eight catalogues
News Instagram Stories now offers its 400m users thousands of licensed songs Direct result of Facebook deals could give Instagram Stories the edge on Snapchat and others
News Apple is launching a subscription bundle including music, TV and news – report Is the future of subscriptions in multimedia?
News Universal agrees licensing deal with AI-powered video sharing platform Triller Platform aims to become talent-discovery portal
News How Five Seconds Of Summer refused to alter their sound for streaming playlists… and made history Capitol Records' Nick Raphael on why 5SOS 'stuck to their guns' in the studio
News Sony/ATV, Stellar Songs and MER launch joint publishing venture in Scandinavia Stellar Songs Scandinavia to develop and launch songwriting talent from Scandinavia and emerging markets worldwide
News Live Nation acquires majority stake in Red Mountain Entertainment Deal grows Live Nation’s presence in the Southeastern United States
News Songtradr launches unified digital distribution service and metadata offering Artists now able to distribute their music to over 200 streaming and download services at once
News Sony Music signs exclusive distribution deal with the Prince Estate Deal covers 35 previously released album titles from the late star’s catalogue
News Manners McDade promotes Harriet Moss to Managing Director Jenna Fentimen has joined as Music & Composer Producer and Clare Everson as Sync Executive