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
News Yes, Lucian Grainge has ‘banned’ streaming exclusives at UMG. No, it’s not all about Frank Ocean. UMG doesn't think exclusives work for its business - and they're not suing Frank
News Domino Director John Dyer leaves independent label after 11 years Exec joined Laurence Bell from [PIAS] in 2005
News Liam Gallagher signs to Warner Bros for ‘big, bold and heartfelt’ solo album Gallagher is being managed by UROK in tandem with Debbie Gwyther
News UMPG appoints Sterling Simms Director of Creative Simms joins from Songs Music Publishing, where he served in a creative role for the last two and a half years
News Questlove launches show exclusively on Pandora Roots drummer joins Pandora as a Strategic Advisor and Artist Ambassador
Analysis Lucian Grainge wants to crush streaming exclusives. Does he really have the power? From Kanye to Rihanna and Beyonce, artists are taking control of the music business
News Universal just lost Frank Ocean. Apple did not. Blonde is not affiliated with UMG - it's a self- release
Analysis Blog Apple Music exclusives: An insider’s view Sean Glass on Apple's investment in music - and his worry over major labels owning playlists
News BMG replaced as 50% shareholder in Phrased Differently by Cloud 9 Music UK-based publisher has placed cuts with artists such as Calvin Harris, Demi Lovato and many more
News CTM Publishing and Dennis Music jointly launch production music house News follows sale of Imagem Production Music to ole last year
News Apple Music’s Cash Money documentary trailer is here… Co-creation between label and streaming service is revealed - take a look here