News beatBread says it has paid advances to almost 500 artists and labels since launching in November 2020 News Trade body's 'Friends' initiative is designed to facilitate collaboration between companies and the independent music sector News Funding will provide grants and capacity-building activities to 90 beneficiaries in the music sector Analysis Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK-based Music Managers Forum, discusses the major record companies' share of the streaming pie News The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place Analysis Blog Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis, writes a message to the industry on the day of the Ivor Novellos News Publishers' association chief calls report questioning slices of revenue pie "irresponsible and offensive" Analysis News A new report from indie label group IMPALA asks if recorded music should have seen its share of the streaming pie grow faster