News TIDAL and Prince Estate reach deal to release new music, cease legal tussle "We will continue to respect and honor Prince's enduring legacy and wishes with this new collection," says Jay Z
News SoundCloud hires SoundExchange’s Mark Eisenberg as SVP, Content Partnerships Ex-Sony exec will be based in New York
News Warner quietly launches free Tunecore rival for unsigned artists Level Music doesn't charge artists for uploading their tracks
News YouTube launches expanded music charts in 44 countries “Unfortunately with their update, Billboard is essentially saying that the music fans that count are those with credit cards.”
News Spotify to take action on ‘hateful’ content and conduct R. Kelly is one of the first artists to be affected by new policy
News Modern Sky to ship British producers to new Beijing studio Company partners with Stephen Budd Music after opening new facility in China
News Snapper Music bought out by managing director Frederick Jude London based label has a catalogue of over 12,000 songs
News Recording Academy names 16 people who will make up its diversity ‘task force’ Michele Anthony, Common, Julie Swidler and more join Tina Chen on panel
Interviews Eliah Seton on indie artists, big money deals and the future of the music business ADA boss Eliah Seton on his rise through the music industry, and the future for distribution and services companies
News Symphonic Distribution makes senior hires in New York and Los Angeles Nick Gordon joins from The Orchard alongside former Universal Music exec Jaime Feldman
News Rogers & Cowan acquires ITB Worldwide ITB will now join Octagon Sports and Entertainment Network of agencies
News BMG signs Dido ahead of fifth album release British artist’s previous long-standing record deal was with Sony Music
News Pulse Music Group acquires music supervision firm Hitcher Hitcher founder Joe Rangel named Head of Sync, Creative & Licensing at Pulse Music Group
News TIDAL accused of deliberately faking Kanye West and Beyoncé streaming numbers Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv spills jaw-dropping revelations
Analysis Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t? The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?
News Spotify to offer audio books after striking deal for 33 1/3 series Short books about popular albums will be made available on the streaming service
News Sony/ATV completes entire year at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Company’s uninterrupted run at the top of the chart culminates with Drake achieving a fourth week at No.1
News SOCAN signs admin deal with Dutch Caribbean PRO Ducapro Ducapro to provide performance right administration services for music played on Dutch Caribbean Island radio stations