Analysis Can Lyor Cohen bridge the Google ‘value gap’ at YouTube? Can the experienced record exec bring together Google Play and YouTube for the good of everybody?
News Despacito breaks all-time streaming records with 4.6bn plays in 6 months Tracks has already scored more than 3bn plays on YouTube across official channels
News Ingrooves Music Group hires David Lessoff and Dave Roberge in senior roles CEO Bob Roback welcomes duo to respective legal and label development positions
News Amy Wheatley joins Ministry Of Sound as General Manager Exec formerly worked at Three Six Zero in the UK market
News Here’s Spotify’s biggest problem – in a Netflix-shaped nutshell Spotify's average subscriber used to spend more than Netflix's. Things have changed.
News Sony/ATV hires Thomas Krottinger as Senior Manager, International A&R Exec previously spent three years on the A&R team at Prescription Songs and Kemosabe Records
News Universal hires Sony exec Adam Granite as EVP, Market Development Respected executive will report directly to Sir Lucian Grainge
News Believe: We’re not selling to Sony (but we are raising money) Denis Ladegaillerie tells MBW that Paris-based company has two acquisition targets in mind
News Sony is buying Believe Digital for up to $444m, says report (updated) MBW first reported the news last month
News Warner acquires Songkick’s concert discovery business Deal does not include ticketing operation formerly known as Crowdsurge
Analysis Why Spotify’s fake artists problem is an Epidemic. Literally. The tall tale of three Swedish companies, with their own economic interests
News Facebook reveals plans to negotiate with existing digital music platforms Could latest job posting suggest a change in strategy for social media giant?
News Welcome to the future: Spotify poaches AI music expert from Sony Yeah. About those 'fake' artists. You ain't see nothing yet.
News So… who’s actually behind Spotify’s fake artists? One production duo in Stockholm is responsible for quite a lot of these songs
Analysis After laying off 173 employees, does SoundCloud really have a ‘path to profitability’? How much difference will the company's dramatic downsizing really make to its bottom line?
News Sire Records relaunched at Warner, Rani Hancock named President Former Arista, RCA and Island exec joins Seymour Stein's revered imprint
News Spotify denies it’s playlisting fake artists. So why are all these fake artists on its playlists? If Daniel Ek's company isn't adding fake artists to playlists, how come we've found 50 of them?
News Because confirms acquisition of London Records catalogue Classic Happy Mondays recordings, plus All Saints, believed to be included in deal