News Universal isn’t quite done with streaming exclusives (but almost is) Major has apparently received "a flood" of supportive emails after Lucian Grainge's ban
News Revelator gets $2.5m funding led by Exigent Capital The funding brings Revelator’s total amount of cash raised so far to $5.5m
News Deezer US boss quits for a vape company as new hires are revealed Two new hires to drive growth for Deezer during a period of rapid business expansion
Blog ‘Rather than a land grab, streaming should be a race to build the most excitement’ Former Apple Music employee Sean Glass tackles solutions for the problems he sees in the music business
News The biggest album launches in the US this year are streaming exclusives Views, Lemonade and now Blonde are the US's biggest week-ones this year
News Raw Power signs ‘innovative finance agreement’ with Pulled Apart By Horses Yorkshire band will have ability to choose their own route to market
Analysis Katy Perry knows exactly how much Spotify is ‘punishing’ Apple exclusive artists… Rise appears to be a flop worldwide. Except Australia.
News Universal exclusively windows new Ariana Grande video for clothing brand Guess Fashion brand is also going to sign artists as part of new deal
News Universal Norway boss Petter Singsaas exits major after 22 years Per Sundin and Frank Briegmann pay tribute to departing exec in internal note
News Mike Caren’s APG launches ‘next generation creative space’ in Los Angeles State-of-the-art studios open, inspired by Atlantic's New York setup
News Six months of Apple Music now free with EE in the UK market Britney Spears and Kevin Bacon star in new 'multi-million pound' ad campaign
News Spotify on course to hit 50m subscribers within the next six months Spotify is now adding around 450,000 subscribers every week
News Universal is now making $28m every week from streaming, but downloads are down 29% Streaming now equates to 36% of UMG's recorded music revenues
News Believe Digital buys French independent Naive for $12m Believe understood to have pipped Sony Music Entertainment to the deal
News Frank Ocean’s Blonde has been illegally downloaded 750,000 times in less than a week MUSO data shows popularity of Apple exclusive on torrenting sites
News Cooking Vinyl launches £30k industry fund and more for 30th birthday celebrations British indie institution is also releasing special boxset and more
News Peermusic promotes Mary Megan Peer to Deputy CEO Exec moves up in family-run independent publisher
News Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries pumps another $15m into Songkick CEO Matt Jones says company is determined to help artists curb ticket touting