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
News Spain’s recorded music market up 4% in H1 2016 Streaming earned the lion’s share of revenue, accounting for €40.1m (55%)
News Entertainment One Music adds Hardlivings management to roster Hardlivings looks after British dance acts Riton, Duke Dumont producer Jax Jones and TIEKS
News Ticketmaster launches resale site Seatwave in Finland and Sweden Ticketing giant’s resale platform now in 16 markets
News Shaurav D’Silva launches new imprint with Warner Bros Records UK Respected UK A&R has been with 3Beat for four years
News Spotify hires Universal’s Rob Harvey to head up US label relations Republic/Island Top 40 boss moves to digital company
News Deezer UK hires new Head of Content and Editorial in London Roman Tagoe joins company from Time Out
News Apple Music now has 17 million subscribers, after securing 70 exclusives Spotify is outpacing the growth of its rival
News Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries takes ‘exclusive control’ of Deezer New French competition report reveals ownership structure
Analysis Blog Ticket touts made $3m from the last Mumford & Sons tour. $0 went back to the music industry. Everybody's Management founder Adam Tudhope pens pointed blog about secondary ticketing
News London’s O2 Arena names John Langford VP and GM Langford has spent three years at The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow
News Drake dominates Spotify’s biggest songs of the summer One Dance was the most-streamed song on Spotify during June 1st - August 31st