News Star lawyer Petra Hansson quits Spotify after 10 years General Counsel worked at Spotify for more than a decade
News Global recorded music industry reached $16.1bn in 2016 – up 7% YoY Streaming revenue reached $5.4bn last year, growing 57% year-on-year and up from $3.5bn in 2015
News Greek collection society examined after allegations of financial wrongdoing ICMP condemns decision bill that exempts AEPI from having Europe-wide music publishers on its board
News BMG signs worldwide deal with Avril Lavigne ahead of sixth album Lavigne has sold over 40 million records worldwide
News Sammy Andrews launches Deviate Digital Andrews will step back from her day to day role as director at data and analytics firm, Entertainment Intelligence (EI)
News SoundExchange names Richard Conlon Chief External Affairs Officer In his new role, Conlon will oversee the company’s corporate communications, industry relations and public policy efforts
News Mark Fry named Managing Director of Warner Music Finland Exec succeeds Niko Nordström following his move to head up Warner in Australasia
News SoundCloud launches $4.99-a-month fully on-demand streaming product But there's 30m more tracks available on its $10-a-month premium tier...
Analysis News French recorded music market up 5.4% – but streaming growth slowed in 2016 Streaming up 37% year-on-year as physical still dominates market
News Now Facebook is hiring for a legal music licensing boss Social giant hired former WMG and YouTube exec Tamara Hrivnak in January
News Pandora appoints Naveen Chopra as new CFO Former acting CEO of TiVo takes over from Mike Herring at troubled business
Interviews ‘Managers need to motivate artists. But we also need artists to motivate us.’ How Colin Lester stuck by his star artist - even when the music industry turned its back
News Niko Nordström appointed boss of Warner Music Australasia Exec has transformed Warner's fortunes in Finland over past decade
News Online royalties jumped 60% for independent publishers in 2016 IMPEL paid out more than £15m to its members last year, MBW understands
News Kevin Kelleher promoted to COO of Sony Music under Rob Stringer Exec will report into incoming Sony Music Entertainment CEO
News Warner/Chappell hires Anna Wester as A&R Manager in the UK Dance and electronic specialist joins Mike Smith's London-based team
News Remix licensing platform Dubset raises $4m from group led by Cue Ball Capital Firm has previously struck agreements with Apple Music and Spotify