News Japan's music market lags behind others when it comes to adoption of streaming services, and Qobuz sees an opportunity in that. News Numerous music streaming services, along with Live Nation and Disney, are named as defendants in the copyright infringement suit News The MLC has sent audit notices to nearly 50 DSPs, including Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music and others Analysis Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music, on whether Apple's brand new app can solve complex issues for the genre Analysis Blog The following op-ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founder of France-based independent distributor IDOL Analysis News Landmark study into France's music industry focuses on illegitimate streaming practices Interviews MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Martin Kudla, Deputy Director and Digital Marketing Manager at Czech record label SUPRAPHON News Marc Zisman has also been appointed Chief Music Officer at the company