News ASCAP scraps exclusivity clauses as it settles for $1.75m with DoJ $1.75m agreement with DoJ, but no admission of wrongdoing from CMO
News Len Blavatnik nabs ex-BBC TV boss to work on Warner Music projects Danny Cohen worked at the Beeb for 8 years - and brought record audiences to BBC One
News Paul Shaver named Head of Nielsen Music Canada Exec leaves behind his role as GM/SVP of Open Road Recordings & RGK Entertainment
News Spotify isn’t the only major music streaming service planning an IPO China Music Corp. said to be headed for IPO later this year
News WMG International exec Stu Bergen to speak at Midem Exec will be joined by Iñigo Zabala, President, Latin America & Iberia, WMG, and Brazilian artist Anitta
News Streaming is paying Universal $4m a day – but iTunes income is crashing Vivendi-owned business posts billion dollar Q1 recorded music income
Analysis It pays out more than Spotify and is growing fast. Neighbouring rights: the music biz’s unsung hero. How labels and artists are raking it in from TV, radio, public performance and online radio
Analysis Sympathy for the devil: Why do so few music startups succeed? 'This problem affects all of us in the digital music value chain'
News Uncategorized Cooking Vinyl signs global distribution deal with Party Smasher Indie label has three releases scheduled this year
News UK publisher Sentric Music relaunches Music Services division UK indie publisher bolsters offering
News Beatport quits music streaming as it suspends sale process SFX-owned dance specialist platform slims down - and is in no rush to sell
News Amazon takes on YouTube with new rival Amazon Video Direct Uploaders will be able to gate to premium-only Prime - but how do they get videos taken down?
News Ministry Of Sound and Sigala sign multimillion dollar deal with Sony Columbia and Ultra Records commit to global push for fast-rising UK producer
News Four out of the Top 5 albums in the UK aren’t on Spotify But Skepta's Konnichiwa reigns at No.1 - and IS on Spotify
News Island Records celebrates historic week for Drake in UK market Darcus Beese: 'From where we are standing the VIEWS are looking pretty spectacular"
News These are the shows Spotify hopes can pull you away from Netflix Music at centre of 12 new programming launches on service
News Kobalt’s AMRA increases YouTube publishing payouts by 34% in EU Spotify collections were up 26% quarter-on-quarter
News Concord buys into live events, snapping up stake in AEG’s Bounce New deal will give Concord Bicycle Music artists fresh opportunities