Beggars Group In The News

Adele’s new album officially slated for November 20 – report

As-yet-untitled album will be released before Christmas

SoundCloud’s popularity has doubled in the past year

NextBigSound figures reveal sharp growth

Apple Music numbers revealed: 11m sign-ups so far, 2m join family plan

Eddy Cue spills the beans on platform's performance

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

Amazon Prime Music just landed in the UK

WANTED: ‘Intelligent, charismatic and courageous leader’ to fight for independent labels in America

Rich Bengloff steps down after eight years at helm of A2IM

Zane Lowe may have started a bidding war for unsigned UK act Spring King…

Manchester act are hot property this morning

Independent labels reach digital tipping point – driven by streaming

One in three labels: streaming worth more than downloads

News

Apple is paying indie labels $0.002 per stream for free trial… BEFORE tax

That would mean a $0.0016 per stream rate in the UK