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Vivendi to host cross-cultural festival in London at Universal Music’s new Kings Cross base

Inaugural event, titled Le Crossing, will take place in October and is expected to return annually

How Universal plans to become Japan’s leading ‘full-service music company’

UMJ President and CEO Naoshi Fujikura speaks exclusively to MBW

Spotify acquires MightyTV. Can its founder fix Daniel Ek’s advertising woes?

Can former Google exec Brian Adams play a key role in making Spotify profitable?

ASCAP relaunches royalty admin services arm Songwize

The business offers rightsholders a royalty administration service for digital platforms

Vevo doubles London office space with Kings Cross move

Online video firm readies itself for international expansion

Pandora launches $9.99-a-month Premium tier to rival Spotify, Apple Music

Existing Pandora Plus users get a six month free trial

‘I don’t see a YouTube value gap. Over 45% of our revenue from the platform is from UGC’

YouTube is the devil, right? Not if you speak to Believe boss Denis Ladegaillerie

Songwriters fight Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora over streaming rates

Nearly 2,000 songwriters sign NMPA petition