News Google’s role in music piracy is much bigger than it first appears Search engines were responsible for 46% of traffic to illegal streaming sites last year
News Music rights advocate to join SiriusXM as Director of Music Licensing Rae leaves behind his role as Future of Music Coalition CEO
News Nielsen competitor BuzzAngle starts testing service in the UK and beyond Firm to expand to the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and Brazil
News Erika Alfredson promoted to VP of Marketing at Columbia Records Exec upped from Senior Director of Marketing for Columbia
News Dubset signs deal for indie publisher rights with NMPA No announcement yet, however, on major label/publisher content
News YouTube and the music business: Sympathy For The Devil (Pt. 2) How the music business possibly can - and possibly can't - work with its biggest digital partner
News Kobalt: New app is a ‘giant step’ towards transparency for songwriters 'Putting the power of Kobalt into the hands of creators has always been a top priority for me'
News Online video ‘value gap’ severely damages streaming payouts in France Video services claim 65% of plays, but pay just 10% of cash to artists and labels
News Drake is Spotify’s most popular artist in history… and right now Drake is 10 million streams ahead of Bieber thanks to Views
News UMG poaches iMusica boss as Universal Brazil President exits after 13 years Paulo Lima to succeed José Eboli as President in crucial country for music's growth
News Horus Music cements expansion into India with business development hire Malini Hariharan joins UK-born company celebrating its tenth anniversary this year
News Spotify hires Francis Keeling to head up global licensing Widely respected exec left Universal after 14 years last month
News Tom March and Ben Mortimer named co-Presidents of Polydor Records Duo join the label where Lucian Grainge made his name
News Pandora’s own biggest shareholder gives damning verdict on company Tim Westergren under fire from Corvex, which owns 10% in business
News John Esposito named CEO and Chairman of Warner Music Nashville Former PolyGram and WEA exec steps up to top job
News Independent publishers fight against market concentration – and for more streaming cash Annette Barrett and Pierre Mossiat explain IMPF's mission
News Spirit B-Unique acquires Polar Patrol Publishing Acquisition includes tracks from Ed Sheeran's X co-written by Johnny Mcdaid
News !K7 rebrands as it expands management division Tricky says company is "best management I've had in 22 years"