News Sale of UMG to Google would be blocked "because of the impact in both the digital market and the music sector," says IMPALA News ByteDance is currently valued at around $75bn News Echo users can now stream via Apple Music in the UK Interviews Songtrust's Molly Neuman discusses the state of the publishing sector, direct deals and gender parity in music News A sound app called Endel has become the first-ever algorithm to release music via major label News Offer was previously available in the US only News Warning made as part of a new report on the country's live music industry News "I am incredibly disappointed that Spotify and the other companies have chosen to attack songwriters by appealing the long-overdue rate increases."