News Vivendi unveils four new venues in Africa – with links to UMG The theatres are part of the CanalOlympic network that first arrived in the Cameroon capital Yaounde last year
News Sonos boss John McFarlane steps down as firm fights Amazon Echo Patrick Spence takes over as CEO
News Paradigm brings AM Only and Windish Agency in-house AM Only CEO Paul Morris and Windish Agency Founder Tom Windish will continue their leadership roles within Paradigm
News Sony bought Ministry Of Sound for £67m, Century Media for £12m Sale price is significantly higher than previously reported rumours
News Sony spends £86m on 50% stake in Simon Cowell’s Syco Holdings Major bolsters its share to 75% in Simon Cowell's label, touring and TV company
News Prince’s estate signs worldwide merch deal with Universal’s Bravado Exclusive agreement comes two months after UMPG also signed global deal
News $500m-backed ole acquires 3,000 songs in Red Vinyl Music buyout Artists such as Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw have performed tracks from Red Vinyl writers
News Downtown signs deal with Meghan Trainor publisher Big Yellow Dog Music Nashville-based company also represents Maren Morris and many more
Analysis News Universal and Sony neck-and-neck in US video streaming market share – as Tunecore leads the indies Universal dominated the US last year - but was neck-and-neck with Sony for video streams
Analysis News Ed Sheeran breaks all-time Spotify record three times in four days Shape of you attracted more than 7m streams on the service yesterday (Jan 9)
News What state was Ministry Of Sound in before it was sold to Sony? Ministry's revenues were up in 2015 - but relied heavily on physical compilation sales
News Warner/Chappell starts licensing ex-Carlin production music in US and Canada More than 40,000 tracks now licensed by major publisher worldwide
News Ed Poston joins Imagem Music UK as Senior A&R Former Glassnote and BMI exec joins publishing home of Pink Floyd and Mark Ronson
News Slaves and Don Broco amongst 21 acts handed cash from BPI’s £250,000 fund Management companies and labels apply for free cash to promote artists abroad
News INgrooves hires SK Sharma as EVP of Insights as former Ticketmaster CEO joins board New executive duo 'have been leaders in digital innovation for decades'
News Nigel Elderton named Chairman of UK collection society PRS Respected exec is entering his 25th year with peermusic, after being appointed UK MD in 1992
Interviews How megabucks-backed SESAC plans to simplify the music business Music rights organization's CEO John Josephson talks licensing, Facebook and global ambitions
News Ed Sheeran storms to global Spotify No.1 AND No.2 with 23m streams in 48 hours Sheeran the most-streamed artist in the world as Shape Of You leads Castle On The Hill