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
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