Amazon In The News

The biggest subscription music service in the world doesn’t need Universal, Adele or Taylor Swift

Amazon Prime Music just landed in the UK

Universal, Warner, Sony and indies license video music app Flipagram

Majors and indies on board with app

Amazon overtook Apple as UK’s biggest music retailer last year

Single-track downloads didn't generate as much as subscriptions

Google-backed anti-royalty group suffers blow as NPR quits

MIC Coalition loses second member after Amazon defected

Physical album sales UP at American independent retail in 2015

Catalogue album sales now comfortably ahead of current LPs

Amazon launches in Mexico, selling CD and vinyl to local market

Physical music sales dropped 20.4% in market last year

Amazon quits Google and Pandora-backed coalition fighting to LOWER songwriter and artist payouts

MIC Coalition suffers blow - will NPR be next?

Mick Jagger, Beverley Knight and Horus Music back Nepal relief track

Ronnie Wood and Nick Mason also involved in track