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The Beatles’ Apple Corps wins $77m default judgment in trademark infringement lawsuit over fake merch

Suit was filed in Florida last year

YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good?

On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner

A Call to Arms: ‘Universal, Sony, Warner, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube… dig deep and help us.’

Ministry Of Sound Chairman Lohan Presencer calls on music's biggest companies to stump up for small venues

Apple poaches Warner exec Jeff Bronikowski for Global Head of Music Strategic Initiatives role

The list of ex-Warner execs running music at digital services grows again

Sony Music forms global podcast venture with UK audio producer Somethin’ Else

Companies will pursue global podcasting opportunities including in the US where Somethin’ Else has opened an office in New York

After suing Spotify for mistreatment, independent music company files 10 copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube, Apple and others

Apple, Google, YouTube, Amazon, SoundCloud, Pandora, Deezer, 7digital, iHeartradio and Rhapsody named as defendants

Hipgnosis acquires catalog from Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge

Catalog consists of 157 songs

UK record industry grew by over $100m last year – but is streaming starting to run out of steam?

Another big gain for key market – but first signs of a slowdown are on the cards