News APRA AMCOS signs Pan-Asian deal with Sydney publisher Origin Music ORiGiN's catalogue includes music from Wally De Backer (aka Gotye), Cookin’ On Three Burners and James Morrison
News Universal second major to sign licensing deal with HD music firm MQA The deal follows a similar agreement made with Warner in May last year
News Ticketmaster now operating in 30 countries with the acquisition of Ticketpro As a result of the deal, Ticketpro CEO Serge Grimaux will be stepping down
News Spotify creating 1,000 jobs in New York as it moves to Four World Trade Center Company looks to be doubling office space in city
News Spirit Music Group hires Angie Maggini as VP, Film & Television Former Global and BMG exec to run synch out of Los Angeles
News Rag’N’Bone Man sells 70k albums in three days in UK market That's more than the rest of the entire Top 20 combined
News BMG signs exclusive global publishing deal with Waxploitation Company has scored recent syncs with Apple, Amazon and PlayStation
News Amazon poaches respected BBC Introducing boss Jason Carter News comes after BBC Radio 1's fourth sub-10m Rajar in a row
News Ex-EMI exec Alex Luke joins Amazon Music in Seattle Luke is also a former global music programming boss at Apple
News SoundCloud hires Merritt Farren as General Counsel, replacing Neil Miller Farren moves across from Amazon's Audible
News Walter Jones joins UMPG as VP, Creative in Los Angeles Jody Gerson praises exec as he moves across from Sony/ATV
News Kobalt hires Silvia Montello as SVP, Supply Chain and Client Services Pete Dodge exits company after five years
News Prince’s Warner recordings finally land on streaming services Warner Bros boss Cameron Strang "thrilled" to introduce music to Spotify et al
News A month after posting heavy losses, SoundCloud loses two top execs COO Marc Strigel and Finance Director Markus Harder both exit troubled company
News Universal revives PolyGram brand to handle new movie and TV projects David Blackman to head up department working on INXS and Motown productions
News Frank Ocean lets rip at The Grammys. And really, who can blame him? 'I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful.'
News Pandora slates Spotify and Apple Music – as its losses double to $343m Tim Westergren targets subscription growth of 9m this year