News Sir Lucian Grainge’s festive message – read it in full Exec covers Kanye West, streaming, SoundCloud and more in end of year missive
Analysis News ‘Facebook must strike a deal with music publishers as soon as possible’ Samantha Harvey has nearly 2m Facebook Likes - but her page is under siege
Interviews Atlantic’s Craig Kallman: ‘Artists are smart about the music business. They sign to people who believe in them.’ Atlantic's CEO and co-Chairman talks breaking artists, Julie Greenwald, sound quality and Ahmet Ertegun
News After Lyor Cohen quit for YouTube… who’s taking over at 300? Could Republic's Rob Stevenson be in line to take over?
News Kobalt signs ‘momentous’ deal to administer Elvis Presley publishing catalogue Agreement incorporates more than 1,000 songs
News Pascal Nègre launches management company with Live Nation in Paris Former UMG France boss takes up new role as CEO of #NP
News ASCAP inks five-year deal with RMLC – including improved royalty rate More than 10m works covered by major radio deal
News Afrikaans digital music store launches, with Universal and Warner catalogues Allexis Music backs new venture with exclusive digital content
News Tyler Brown named Syco Music MD as Sonny Takhar departs Takhar exits to launch a new entertainment company in Los Angeles
News Warner Music hires Vinnie Freda and Ralph Munsen in key technology roles Ex-INgrooves and GroupM execs will report into Steve Cooper
News Paul Everett joins Eventbrite as Head Of Music Partnerships Artist manager and former Beggars exec joins fast-growing ticketing firm
News !K7 launches ‘neo-classical hub’ 7K! with label services offering First release will be Endless by Luca D’Alberto
News Tony Harlow appointed President of Warner artist services arm WEA Corp Former V2 and Co-Op exec makes move to New York from WMG in Australia
News BMG names Dominique Kulling Germany MD as Maik Pallasch exits company Hartwig Masuch says exec "understands our philosophy and business model intimately"
Interviews Atlantic Records’ Julie Greenwald: ‘It’s not enough to be smart. You have to be smart… and out-hustle everyone’ Julie Greenwald talks Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, streaming and Lyor Cohen
News Universal launches Decca Publishing in UK, led by Natasha Baldwin Exec leaves Imagem after seven years to launch new project
News Sony confirms David Dollimore RCA appointment as Neil Hughes is upped to MD Dipesh Parmar becomes MD of Ministry, which continues as a frontline label
Analysis News The global music copyright business is worth more than you think – and grew by nearly $1bn last year Spotify's economics chief Will Page explains how both publishing and records are growing