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UK promoters Rockfeedback, One Inch Badge & Kilimanjaro create new live joint venture, FORM

Rockfeedback and One Inch Badge stage in excess of 600 shows every year across the UK

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 year after trying to cut songwriters’ pay, Spotify boosts writer visibility with launch of pages feature

New feature wins praise from writers – but bad vibes still lurk in the background

TikTok was downloaded over 104.7m times worldwide in January

Figure represents a 46% increase from January 2019

YouTube is generating over $1.5bn per month from ads – and boasts over 20m paying music subscribers worldwide

'In the ad supported proportion of YouTube, we pay out a majority of revenues to our creators.'

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

TikTok signs global licensing deal with indie label agency Merlin

Deal is effective immediately

TikTok was the world’s second-most downloaded app in 2019, and now generates $40m per month

India was responsible for nearly 45% of app's first-time downloads last year