News Now Warner Music makes virtual reality move with Digital Domain Greater China agreement signals wider commitment to VR from major
News Spotify quashes Apple Music’s family plan advantage with $14.99 offer Up to six people can enjoy premium on a single account for $2.50 a month each
News The Orchard hires Lucy Blair and Nikoo Sadr in the UK Duo join Sony-owned company's European HQ in London
News YouTube Red (and Google Play Music) goes cheap with sub-$1 deal Meanwhile, Spotify reveals new $9.99 for three months deal
News Spotify revenues topped $2bn last year as losses hit $194m Payouts to the music business grew 85% to $1.8bn
News Streaming now represents 27% of album ‘sales’ in the UK market And streaming now counts for two-thirds of all singles 'sales'
News David Joseph, Geoff Travis and music biz figures urge UK to stay in Europe Sandie Shaw, Jonathan Shalit and Paloma Faith back Remain campaign
News Universal rolls up US classical labels into Verve Group in New York David Foster leaves as Danny Bennett head up New York operation
Analysis YouTube is paying less than £0.0009 per stream to UK record labels MBW calculates per-stream rates from new BPI data - and it's not joyous reading
News Pot plants, pond life and Shaun Ryder’s nine-incher: The best quotes from the Ivor Novellos 2016 Damon Albarn, Jim Kerr, Alan McGee and others deliver the goods
News The Ivor Novello Awards 2016: All the winners Simple Minds, Damon Albarn, Snake Hips and more pick up gongs
News Spotify’s own playlists are paying out $1m a day to the music business A billion streams a week taking place on the likes of Today's Top Hits
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