News SESAC acquired by investment giant The Blackstone Group SESAC's 30,000 affiliates include songwriters and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and RUSH
News Warner Music veteran named Amazon’s Director Of Ticketing Peryer spent over four years at Warner Music after joining as CEO, Artist Arena, in 2012
News BMI files legal action against Radio Music License Committee over royalty rates PRO joins Irving Azoff in fighting for bigger royalty pot from radio group
News Independent labels claimed 35% market share in the US last year… by ownership New BuzzAngle stats show power of independent labels - and major distribution - in the US
News YouTube loses US music streaming dominance as subscription plays jump 124% BuzzAngle stats reveal more plays on subscription services than on video platforms in 2016
News And the biggest British debut album of 2016 is… hang on, what? Bradley Walsh outsells Skepta, Biffy Clyro and Zayn with Chasing Dreams
News Google mulling SoundCloud buyout, say whispers – as Sony and Universal’s stakes are revealed Document reveals majors' ownership stakes as the big G comes a'knocking...
Analysis 3 ominous problems the UK music business must overcome in 2017 When should the UK business turn its back on the album... and other questions
Interviews ‘A breakthrough artist is a much more complex idea than a breakthrough song’ Twenty One Pilots manager Chris Woltman explains the band's patient rise to the top
News Universal acquires Japan’s ‘full stack’ music company, Office Augusta Office Augusta runs divisions across management, label, publishing and more
News Music business mourns ‘towering talent’ George Michael Singer/songwriter died on Christmas day, aged just 53
News Warner CEO Steve Cooper: ‘We’ve grown market share more than any other major’ MBW obtains triumphant internal memo from WMG big cheese
News Facebook looks set to start making more of its own music Social media giant turned over more than $17bn from advertising last year
News Atlantic’s Mar Brown, ‘fantastic music man’, has died Exec also worked at Interscope and Virgin Records during his career
News The 5 biggest music business news stories of 2017. (Yes, 2017.) Google, Facebook, Columbia and Spotify will all feature heavily on MBW next year
News Warner to launch ‘hundreds of virtual reality experiences’ with MelodyVR deal Deal follows UMG's push into VR earlier this year
News The FADER’s Joseph Patel joins Vevo as VP of Original Content Appointment comes as video platform tries to raise $500m