News Universal signs an $8m advance with VK parent Mail.ru News BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Head of Music argues the case Blog News 'Google persistently directs fans to illegal sites in preference to those legitimate services' Analysis News The biggest songs in the world are now far more popular on audio services News Data is broadly in line with BuzzAngle stats from earlier this week Analysis News Stat means that Spotify currently has more than double Apple Music's subs worldwide News Around 130m fewer downloads were bought in H1 2016 than the same period last year Analysis New BuzzAngle stats show that audio platforms are now dominating streaming