News Vivendi’s Vincent Bollore to step down as Canal Plus TV Chairman – report Bollore became Chairman of Canal Plus nine months ago
News Led Zeppelin cleared in Stairway To Heaven copyright lawsuit 'We look forward to putting this legal matter behind us'
News London Gay Men’s Chorus to release charity single in aid of Orlando victims Proceeds will go to the Orlando Victims Fund and Galop, UK LGBT anti-violence and abuse charity
News Adele’s 25 is finally on Spotify… seven months after release Record-breaking album finally arrives on streaming services
Interviews Because Music’s Emmanuel de Buretel: ‘We don’t follow the hype – we trust our ears’ Because Music's Emmanuel de Buretel on building a smash - and his next big hit
News A lot of UK music biz people are voting against Brexit today Everyone from Secretly Group to Imagem, Bella Union and Cooking Vinyl has their say
News Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars join anti-DMCA crusade "The future is streaming. The future is also contingent on paying artists and writers fairly."
News Entertainment One signs global publishing admin deal with ole eOne continues to make noise in the music business
News Can this $3.99-per-month video app bite into YouTube’s audience? One week free trial offered to would-be subscribers
News Spotify has a new merch sales partner as it inks deal with Merchbar News comes four months after Bandpage was acquired by YouTube
News Music data company Soundcharts raises $360k in seed funding Data analytics company now has 6,000 users including the major labels
News Emmy Lovell promoted to oversee digital at Warner Music UK Exec will work with The Firepit and seek out new commercial opportunities
News German music biz title Musikmarkt is shutting down after 57 years MusikWoche left as only recognised German-language B2B
Analysis News Only one track in UK radio’s Top 20 songs of 2016 was originally released this year Are the market's broadcasters giving new UK artists a fair crack of the whip?
News Spirit Music Group promotes Jon Singer to Worldwide COO/CFO David Renzer ups exec to new position
News After artists slam DMCA, now YouTube faces Safe Harbour heat in Europe European Parliamentarians demand clarification; International Artist Organisation (IAO) demands transparency
News Zayn shuns major publishing deals to keep copyrights, sign with Kobalt Publishing admin and neighbouring rights deals include Mind Of Mine
News Beggars and Universal join forces… urging UK music biz to vote against Brexit Martin Mills and David Joseph pen joint letter to the UK industry