Analysis Is YouTube really the music business’s biggest problem? StubHub and Live Nation are doing a roaring trade from secondary ticketing
News Pandora slips further behind Spotify as active listeners fall by 1.3m Active listeners now stand at 78.1m, while net losses averaging more than $1m a day
News A2IM, RIAA and Concord support Capitol Records in Vimeo lawsuit Brief relates to pre 1972 recordings
News SOCAN moves into mechanical rights collection by acquiring Audiam Jeff Price's New York business snapped up by Canadian society
News UMPG promotes David Gray to EVP/Head of West Coast A&R '“David is a dynamic creative executive with stellar ears'
News Downtown Records signs exclusive deal with Interscope Exclusive distribution and label services deal agreed
News 365 exec Paul Smith joins Warner/Chappell’s UK A&R team Smith is Senior International Creative Manager
News Pressure builds on freemium model as Deezer launches paid-only in the US Users offered 30-day free trial
News Spotify is asking brands to bid for ads based on your individual tastes Programmatic advertising deal done with Rubicon and others
News Len Blavatnik: ‘I want to be in the music biz for a very long time’ Rarely quoted Warner owner marks five years of Access's involvement with WMG
News Meet your host for The A&R Awards in November… Fresh from working with David Brent, Doc Brown is joining our party
News YouTube tests Donald Trump supporters with provocative new Music ads Google company launches ads on day one of the Republican National Convention
News Universal names Maria Alonte sync boss for Def Jam, Island and Republic Former Red Light, Kemosabe Records and Nettwerk exec takes major East Coast job
News So… do new artists really need to sign to a record label? Willard Ahdritz, Nick Raphael, Jacob Whitesides and more contribute to documentary
News Jill Hollywood leaves Big Life to found Echo Beach Management Jacknife Lee, Cam Blackwood and Ash Howes join Hollywood's new venture
News London’s O2 Arena boss Rebecca Kane Burton quits AEG for Really Useful Group Exec spent four-and-a-half years running iconic UK venue
News Full list of Mercury Prize judges revealed for 2016 ceremony Jamie Cullum, Naughty Boy, Jeff Smith, Clara Amfo and Jessie Ware on panel