Interviews Faith Newman: ‘I’d still like to see more women in positions of power’ Faith Newman discusses her career at Def Jam, major label years and role at growing US publisher Reservoir
News LAB Records signs worldwide deal with Warner’s ADA in 10th anniversary year New records from Martin Luke Brown, Áine Cahill, Vistas, SHOR and VUKOVI on the way
News UPDATE: Dramatico now WON’T be struck off following new accounts filing British company found success with artists such as Katie Melua and Caro Emerald
Analysis Spotify must now show songwriters the respect they deserve – or risk a backlash Why now is the perfect time for Daniel Ek's business to finally give composers credit
News Slacker Radio sells for $50m months after laying off 25% of staff LiveXMedia swoops for Pandora rival and vows to "leverage cutting-edge technologies to create fan-first content and programming"
Analysis Blog The Future of Radio: Time for Broadcasters to Embrace Digital SoundExchange's Michael Huppe explains why radio must "move to digital – and all that entails"
News Rhett Akins chalks up 7 non-stop years on the US Country Airplay chart Warner/Chappell-signed writer celebrates rare milestone with current No.1 hit
News Sony/ATV promotes Dan Nelson to SVP, International in London Exec will report into Guy Henderson at major publisher
News Songtradr hires 18-year Fox Broadcasting veteran Steve Celi Exec helped launch American Idol, X Factor, Glee and Empire
News Downtown steps up to sponsor The A&R Awards 2017 Independent publishing company backs Songwriter Of The Year category
News Reservoir buys 1,000 classic soul songs in latest acquisition move Copyrights from Willie Mitchell, Norman Harris and The Commodores included in deal
News BMG acquires independent French production house AXS Music Buyout signals launch of BMG Production Music France under Jérôme Keff
News Live Nation hires Chris Loll as COO of Media & Sponsorship division New York-based exec will report into Russell Wallach
News Apple Music is now playable via the new Apple Watch Special two hour keynote taking place in Cupertino tonight
News Music market intelligence startup Soundcharts raises $3.1m in Series A round Paris-based startup will open new offices in Los Angeles, New York and London this year
News Universal Music UK hires Stefan Demetriou to drive forward ‘visual A&R’ strategy David Joseph says Universal's investment in audiovisual content can't be matched elsewhere
News BMI payouts top $1bn for first time – but digital growth slows down Digital collections grow by just 7% as direct deals with Pandora alter org's outlook
News MBW launches Inspiring Women series, supported by Ingrooves Music Group First profile in new monthly series will be published later this week