News YouTube just added songwriter, label and publisher credits to millions of songs More than half a billion videos now carry credits on Google/Alphabet platform
News Now TIDAL is accused of failing to pay record labels on time Dagens Næringsliv report claims that TIDAL hasn't paid labels for months
News XL Recordings A&R head Imran Ahmed departs label after 12 years Exec will launch new venture in Los Angeles after taking a month out
Analysis News Will Spotify’s renewed love of ‘free’ make labels at all uncomfortable? Some thoughts about the power of words, and Spotify's use of them
News PRS for Music will now be paid 4% of concert ticket sales in the UK That's a 1% increase thanks to new tariff approved by Copyright Tribunal
Interviews ‘Independent artists can do everything that major labels can.’ Wendy Day has brokered some of hip hop's biggest artist-friendly record label deals.
Interviews ‘There’s never been a better time to be a part of the music business.’ Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke gives us his take on some of the music industry’s most pressing issues of the day
News Live Nation launches investment fund for female-led live businesses Fund aims to help underrepresented female entrepreneurs in the global concert promotions, events and festival spaces
News Apple Music has 50m subscribers and/or trialists – up 2m from April Tim Cook reveals tidbit in new interview with Bloomberg
Interviews Can Ingrooves’ new technology set it apart in a crowded marketplace? Why Ingrooves thinks its new tech, Trends Now, is a "big breakthrough" for its independent clients
Analysis Here’s exactly how many shares the major labels and Merlin bought in Spotify – and what those stakes are worth now Documents from 2008 reveal much about Spotify then - and now
News Merlin cashes in its entire equity stake in Spotify "We worked quickly to liquidate our interest in Spotify and have passed the proceeds to our eligible members."
News Sony Music Entertainment Japan pays $185m to buy 39% in Snoopy cartoon company Peanuts Entertainment firm has previously represented Peanuts rights on licensing deal
News Apple Music teams with Shawn Mendes for one-off live concert Event to be live-streamed on YouTube
News Scott Maclachlan named SVP of A&R at Warner Music Australasia Successful artist manager discovered Lorde in 2009
News RCA Records promotes Keith Naftaly to President, A&R Exec has most recently worked on albums by P!nk, Kesha and G-Eazy
News The Orchard names Jessica Phelps General Manager, Nashville Phelps joins from Q Prime Management
Analysis Blog ‘Collecting societies are struggling to keep up with the influx of millions of lines of data.’ FUGA boss Pieter van Rijn on the future for licensing societies worldwide