News Spotify valued at $13bn – and is pushing ahead with a direct listing Could Daniel Ek be in for a $1.3bn payday when his company goes public?
News And the next big music business buyout is… Spinnin' Records is believed to be selling to a major for around $100m
News Lucie Caswell named CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition Imogen Heap becomes Artist In Residence at UK organization
News Why did Max Lousada just poach Channel 4’s ‘creative superstars’ to join Warner? Chris Bovill and John Allison will join Warner Music UK to run The Firepit in the summer
Analysis News Universal’s streaming growth is slowing down – but still provided $500m in Q1 Biggest Q1 in 15 years at major - but what impact is YouTube having?
News Imagem USA hires Downtown’s Jeremy Yohai as Head of A&R Exec has worked with Andrew Wyatt/Miike Snow, Santigold, Hiatus Kaiyote and Sturgill Simpson
News Warner/Chappell named Music Publisher of the Year at BMI Pop Awards Jon Platt pays tribute to Justin Tranter and Ross Golan
News Spotify launches 50% off Premium deal with financial giant Capital One Existing customers can switch using credit card and save - with new subscribers also getting a free trial
News Warner Bros expands Urban team by hiring Carlos Ogando Elsewhere, Allyson Cherny-Weston has joined from Sony as Vice President of Brand Partnerships
News Sony partners with newly launched French label Rupture Records Rupture also owns a vinyl record store and advertising agency
Analysis News Is the writing on the wall for Pandora? With another $132m lost in just three months, can Pandora find a buyer before it runs out of gas?
Interviews How Island signed Sigrid – the act everybody else wanted Darcus Beese and Annie Christensen discuss why they're so excited for Norway's new export...
News Rebranded SFX hires ex-Universal exec Chris Monaco as CRO Monaco spent four years at Universal in strategic marketing and brand development
News Lyor Cohen has changed his tune on YouTube since 2009 In 2009, Cohen said YouTube didn't pay enough compensation. What's changed?
News Downtown Music Publishing bolsters team with ten new hires The news comes soon after a shopping spree for the company
News Grammy Awards return to New York MSG last hosted the annual ceremony in 2003 and has done so three times in total
News Tencent leads $54m funding round for karaoke app company Smule Smule allows users to record and layer on duets with top artists like Ed Sheeran through its flagship app Sing! Karaoke