News Beatles lyrics coming to a mug near you after Sony/ATV deal Merchandise firm Epic Rights secures deal with Sony/ATV
News Sixx:A.M hit back at YouTube: ‘Where’s the response from Larry Page?’ LA band accuse YouTube of inaction
News Johnny Tennander takes charge at Sony/ATV Scandinavia as Patrik Sventelius exits Tennander will continue his role as Senior Vice President A&R Europe
News Twitter invests $70m in SoundCloud two years after walking away from $1bn deal Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirms the news
News Napster is having another crack at the US – as a legal service Lay-offs confirmed as P2P-associated branding goes worldwide
News WMA launches brand partnerships arm, hires former Sony exec Crystina Cinti to lead the division in London
News UK indie festivals warn of ‘catastrophic’ impact from PRS tariff rise AIF's Paul Reed calls single tariff 'remarkable and absurd'
News YouTube says the voice of artist protest is ‘being heard’ at Google Platform points out that its audience listens for less time than Spotify's
News Warner/Chappell boss Jon Platt elected to ASCAP Board Paul Williams calls exec a "tremendous talent"
News Universal, Sony, Warner vow to create a working Global Rights Database The Open Music Initiative also wins support from Spotify, YouTube and Pandora
Analysis News Apple Music turns up heat on Spotify with 15m subscribers Platform is now on the way to paying music biz $1bn every year
News [PIAS] launches global business unit, headed by Adrian Pope Exec will oversee central divisions covering insights and analysis, biz ops and more
News MBW surpasses 20,000 subscribers after biggest month so far Warner CEO Stephen Cooper, Columbia's Rob Stringer and Maverick/Quest's Scott Rodger tell us why they read
News Aton Ben-Horin named Global VP of A&R at Warner Music Group Exec has worked on hits for Flo Rida, Jason Derulo and David Guetta
Analysis Blog YouTube risks doing ‘irreparable damage to the future of artists’ Sixx:A.M explain why they believes Google is not doing 'the right thing'
News Amazon is launching a fully-fledged Spotify rival within months Another $9.99-per-month service is on the way - closely tied to Amazon Echo