News Downtown Music Publishing acquires Nikki Sixx’s Mötley Crüe catalogue Downtown will also rep star for neighbouring rights
News Kobalt hires Tom Sansone as CFO as James Fitzherbert-Brockholes steps up to COO 'Fitz' has been a shareholder and director of Kobalt since its foundation in 2001
News Apple: Music streaming should pay songwriters $910 every million plays New statutory rate proposal filed with the Copyright Royalty Board
News Spotify raids BBC Radio for talent to boost UK playlist team Austin Daboh and others join George Ergatoudis at streaming company
News Warner pinches Ole Obermann from Sony to head up Business Development Respected exec has been with Sony for a decade
News Warner just had its biggest Q3 since Len Blavatnik bought it Quarter included a $9m gain on asset sales, with around $810m generated in total
News Sony/ATV promotes Michael Abitbol to SVP, Business & Legal Affairs for Digital 'It is more vital than ever that digital deals reflect the true value of songs'
News This deal will change everything for the music business in Russia Universal signs an $8m advance with VK parent Mail.ru
News Raw Power launches producer management division, Funhouse 'We feel that we are ideally placed to help navigate the careers of these hugely talented professionals'
News Should the UK chart start counting radio airplay figures? BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Head of Music argues the case
News There’s an interesting new startup on the horizon: meet Platoon LoveFilm co-founder and ex-Apple exec involved
News BMG is the biggest artist albums label in the UK this week Thanks to albums from Blink 182, Rick Astley and Gilbert O'Sullivan
Blog News Google’s ‘How To Fight Piracy’: An alternative version 'Google persistently directs fans to illegal sites in preference to those legitimate services'
News ‘YouTube’s Content ID fails to spot 20%-40% of music recordings’ Google says Content ID has generated $2bn for various rights-holders so far
Analysis Is BBC Radio 1 doing enough to support new British artists? Station's four most-played tracks this year have come from outside the UK
News The Orchard hires SoundCloud lawyer Tucker McCrady as EVP and General Counsel Former Greenberg Traurig attorney also spent six years at Warner Music Group