News Paul McCartney renews public performance agreement with ASCAP McCartney's back catalogue includes 32 No.1 singles in the US alone
News Taylor Swift re-signs with Sony/ATV in global publishing deal Star's 1989 album is likely to have topped 10m sales worldwide to date
News Kris Chen leaves XL after 11 years to join Warner’s Nonesuch Records Chen was head of operations at XL in the States, signing Vampire Weekend
Analysis News Spotify growth outpaces Apple Music as it officially tops 40m subscribers Daniel Ek's platform has added 12m subscribers this year alone so far
Analysis Blog ‘The music industry is leaving billions on the table because we frustrate fans’ Why direct-to-consumer music retail failed, and now might rise again
News UK Music’s James Murtagh-Hopkins joins UMG as Senior Director, Communications Former Sony, EMI and Pulse Films exec moves to major's London office
News TIDAL parent lost around $2m a month last year, while seeking extra financing First year of Jay Z ownership put under the microscope
News ‘Independent publishers have a special place in the music business’ How is peermusic meeting the challenges faced in the streaming era?
News Warner holds out on Pandora as UMG and Sony sign direct deals Traditional SoundExchange payout model looks to be under question
News UMPG signs Travis Scott as his album hits No.1 in the US Artist's new album has just leapt to No.1 in the US
News SESAC Promotes Eliezer Ponce to Associate Director, Latina Division Exec first joined collection society in 2009
News Recorded music sales up in Sweden as streaming revenue grows 10% Streaming claims 86% of territory, with download on just 2%
News Top Spotify sales exec Jonathan Forster exits company British exec parts ways with company he joined in 2007
News Chrysalis Records hires Domino’s John Dyer as Managing Director Newly-independent indie also hires Dermot James
News Frank Ocean’s Blonde arrives on Spotify – and gets little promotion Is the Apple exclusive album receiving any promo?
News The UK singles chart is sluggish and dull. Is this the solution? There were no new entries in the singles Top 40 last week
News Belgium’s recorded music business grows 6.5% in H1 2016 Revenue earned from recorded music reached €52.93m in the first half of 2016
News Revealed: The finalists for The A&R Awards In Association with Abbey Road Studios Independents, majors, labels, publishers and management companies all in the mix