Napster In The News

These might be the 5 most powerful people in the music business – despite none of them working in the music business

Who are the bosses of the music industry's bosses?

Napster has a new majority owner, as RealNetworks doubles its stake in a deal worth up to $40 million

RealNetworks has doubled its previous stake of around 42% to approximately 84%

Why has Sony Music just launched a streaming service (and Spotify rival) in Japan?

Streaming has overtaken downloads in revenue terms for first time this year in the market

Sony Music launches its own streaming service in Japan

The new service is called Mora Qualitas and will be powered by Rhapsody's Napster platform

Apple’s ‘app tax’, hated by Spotify, is under fire in US Supreme Court case

Consumer lawsuit launched over Apple's App Store pricing model

‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them, rather than going to the light.’

Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner's global recorded music operation

‘Lots of people told me that managing songwriters and producers wasn’t a real business.’

Milk & Honey founder Lucas Keller on his business – and the music industry

The mythical power of streaming playlists: is it more hype than substance?

Is the end of the 'playlist era' soon upon us?