News Live Nation hires Chris Loll as COO of Media & Sponsorship division New York-based exec will report into Russell Wallach
News Apple Music is now playable via the new Apple Watch Special two hour keynote taking place in Cupertino tonight
News Music market intelligence startup Soundcharts raises $3.1m in Series A round Paris-based startup will open new offices in Los Angeles, New York and London this year
News Universal Music UK hires Stefan Demetriou to drive forward ‘visual A&R’ strategy David Joseph says Universal's investment in audiovisual content can't be matched elsewhere
News BMI payouts top $1bn for first time – but digital growth slows down Digital collections grow by just 7% as direct deals with Pandora alter org's outlook
News MBW launches Inspiring Women series, supported by Ingrooves Music Group First profile in new monthly series will be published later this week
News Modest! execs team with Blair McDonald to launch new publishing company Group say they offer "the widest range of creative services to our roster"
News Warner buys Spinnin’ Records in $100m+ deal It's been a close fought battle... but major pips its rivals to acquire Dutch dance label
News Downtown signs international partnership with Sub Pop Publishing Lucas van Slegtenhorst inks deal with Gareth Smith
News Pat Carr leaves BMG UK three years after Infectious buyout Exec recently worked on campaigns by Rick Astley and Blink 182
News Facebook offers ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to labels and publishers for global licences Can it match the $553m paid out by video services last year?
News YouTube ripping site YouTube-MP3 shutting down after RIAA battle Over 60m people a month used site
News Apple axes annual Apple Music Festival in London after 10 years The likes of Adele, Oasis and The Weeknd played annual showcase
News Kobalt signs Rudimental to worldwide publishing agreement UK band are signed to Warner/Atlantic for their recordings
News Hartwig Masuch: BMG is ‘outpacing our competitors… yet again’ CEO says company is improving on 'deficiencies of legacy players'