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
Blog ‘Festivals are developing talent. Don’t make us pay for declining income elsewhere.’ 'An inflexible tariff for all festivals and concerts is absurd and unworkable'
News Revealed: The 186 artists fighting the YouTube-shielding DMCA Irving Azoff brings together stars from all genres to petition against safe harbor
News Rita Ora signs global deal with Atlantic Records UK Sarah Stennett manages artist at Len Blavatnik JV
News Warner launches Artist Services division led by Matt Young Former Band Merch and Blue Grape exec promoted, Artist Arena brand retired
News Spotify tops 100m active users – but can it keep up its conversion rate? End of year figures for 2015 showed a 31.5% conversion rate into premium
News Bella Union opens its own vinyl shop in Brighton, England Simon Raymonde's label starts selling direct to consumer and hosting in-stores
Analysis Blog The music industry must innovate to tackle secondary ticketing rip-offs Alison Lamb's blog explores the problem of fans being hurt by ticket resale platforms
News SoundExchange payouts are still growing – but not like they used to… Michael Huppe reveals forecast of 7% growth in 2016
News Merlin on course to pay independent labels $500m a year by 2018 Independent body pays out $232m in past year from streaming services alone