News Pandora is now paying publishers 1/5th of the money it gives labels Publishers would have seen a share of $140m in 2015
News Live Nation acquires festivals from Canadian promoter Union Events Events including X-Fest and Sonic Boom now under Live Nation control
News Pandora rival MixRadio shut down by LINE 14 months after Nokia sold it Japanese messaging giant blames financial realities for closure
News Keith Jopling joins Spotify as Global Head, Strategic Intelligence Former IFPI and BPI exec will work across multiple markets
News Kanye West says his new album ‘will only be on TIDAL’. Sadly, he’s wrong. The Life of Pablo tops piracy charts as Kanye goes exclusive
News Darius Van Arman: Majors ‘too often abuse their scale advantage’ Secretly Canadian boss calls on majors not to be 'Two Face Harvey'
News Imagem sells off its Production Music company to ole Buyout adds 240,000 tracks to growing Canadian company's repertoire
News Sony Music strikes direct licensing deal with South African telco 'Sony will administer all royalties payable to their artists directly'
News Apple Music just added a million paying subscribers in a month Platform on course to top 20m subscribers by the end of 2016
News YouTube acquires BandPage for undisclosed fee Platform previously partnered with Spotify and others
News Merlin cuts administration fee for members by a fifth 'We look forward to delivering even greater value' says Caldas
News Eventbrite acquires event management system Queue Tool combines event booking, box office and guest list administration
News Jobs go as Universal Music Group wraps up global restructuring International, distribution and Capitol Music Group all affected by changes
News Charlie Walk becomes President of UMG’s Republic Group Monte Lipman calls exec "imaginative and fearless"
News Pandora losses hit $170m last year, as active listeners shrunk Revenues fly through $1bn for full year in 2015