News YouTube under fire as streaming grows by almost $1bn in a year Global music market up 3.2% in 2015, says IFPI
News AIM promotes Lara Baker to Marketing and Events Director Matt Parnell steps up to Legal and Business Affairs Manager
News Jason Rackham promoted to MD of [PIAS] UK in London Craig Penney and Geoff Muncey also step up at global company
News UMG parent Vivendi buys 15% stake in French music retailer Fnac €159m deal will see the pair team up for exclusive distribution partnerships
News UMG’s Jeremy Erlich moves inside Interscope Geffen A&M Exec spent last five years heading up UMG's corporate strategy team
News Universal’s US classical music boss Elizabeth Sobol exits Exec joined UMG in 2013, hired by Max Hole
News Universal now has a Chief Tech Officer: Gracenote founder Ty Roberts Executive has also worked at Apple, ION Music and Pixar
News Kanye West makes US chart history with The Life Of Pablo Around 70% of album's Billboard 200 performance comes from streaming
News Warner leaves Universal to fight VK alone as it settles out of court Sony settled with social networking site last year
News Universal Music Group is ‘out of contract’ with YouTube – sources Sony and Warner are set to follow suit in the coming months - ready for a summer showdown
Analysis Ad-funded streaming income trebles as Australian music market grows 5% Digital takes 61% of market - as download continues to dominate
News Apple Music’s biggest swipe at Spotify yet: Drake’s exclusive new album 'Thank you Apple Music - always, man'
News Warner edges out Sony and Universal in 2015’s blockbuster singles list But Universal takes half of Albums Top 10 placements
News Def Jam promotes Nicki Farag, Keith Rothschild and Noah Sheer Trio will report into Rick Sackheim in their new roles
News New UK collection society rules come into force next week PRS and PPL to be affected by Collective Rights Management Directive
News Germany’s ‘Album Of The Year’ isn’t Adele’s 25 – it’s a Christmas record Helene Fischer's festive effort, featuring Ricky Martin, triumphs at Echo Awards
News Rhapsody/Napster: Losing millions every month, but still innovating Allow us to introduce 'a Tinder for music lovers'
News SFX to cut New York staff by 50 people as Beatport sale progresses Company continues to expect to emerge from Chapter 11 in summer this year