News Deezer’s free tier can be controlled with Amazon Alexa now, but not in the US and Japan Feature will roll out to Alexa-enabled devices over the next two weeks
News PledgeMusic fails to find buyer, heads for administration Co-founder Benji Rogers confirms demise of crowdfunding platform
News Create Music Group launches free app for songwriters to generate split agreements Create has been beta testing the app since January
News Warner boss Steve Cooper warns against ‘devaluation’ of music from freemium streaming services, and their ‘mismanaged’ family plans Rhetoric from major label group hardens in wake of India Spotify fallout
News Apple Music hires Google’s Lindsay Rothschild to lead Music Publishing Creative Services in North America Rothschild started in the new role on April 29
News RIAA promotes Morna Willens and Karen Silhol, hires Ken Doroshow Each position is effective immediately and reports to RIAA Chairman & CEO, Mitch Glazier
News Canada’s RE:SOUND and SOCAN launch Entandem JV to offer single public performance licence Organizations will continue to administer royalties separately for recorded music
News Cooking Vinyl makes string of new signings, including Swim Deep and Saint Raymond Also joining the label are Isobel Campbell, Sam Lee and Kerri Watt
News Pandora launches discounted plans for students and military Student Plan offers full Pandora Premium features for $4.99/month
News Universal names Calvin Wong CEO, Southeast Asia & SVP, Asia as major expands operations in territory Wong joins UMG from Warner Music Group, where he most recently held the position of President, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Korea and EVP, Marketing
News Warner’s quarterly recorded music revenues grow 22.4% to hit $933m Warner's streaming revenues pip Sony, generating $537m from Spotify et al
Analysis News The average salary of a Spotify employee hit $132,301 last year – more than double what it was in 2011 How the salaries at streaming music's market leader have changed over the past decade
News [PIAS] inks global digital distribution deal with Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings The Berlin Philharmonic's first new release with [PIAS] is a new recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
News PMR’s Ben and Daniel Parmar join Virgin EMI as Co-Presidents of A&R 'Ben and Daniel are taste dictators who will add further cultural and creative vigour to Virgin EMI.'
News Deezer unveils rebrand, including redesigned logo and app "Our unique look and feel also reflect our mindset as an industry challenger," says platform's CEO
News Sony/ATV signs global deal with Troy Carter’s Q&A Sony/ATV to administer company's music publishing catalog
News Rolling Stone launches new industry charts, taking on Billboard’s 200 and Hot 100 in the USA Charts to launch publicly on Monday, May 13
News Payola 2.0: The native ad model for streaming music? Feature.fm President David Porter on why 'sponsored songs' will be big business for streaming