News Sony Music strikes direct licensing deal with South African telco 'Sony will administer all royalties payable to their artists directly'
Analysis Billboard’s Power 100 shames the music biz and should trouble us all The entire Top 30 is made up of white faces. Are we okay with that?
News Apple Music just added a million paying subscribers in a month Platform on course to top 20m subscribers by the end of 2016
News YouTube acquires BandPage for undisclosed fee Platform previously partnered with Spotify and others
News Merlin cuts administration fee for members by a fifth 'We look forward to delivering even greater value' says Caldas
News Eventbrite acquires event management system Queue Tool combines event booking, box office and guest list administration
News Jobs go as Universal Music Group wraps up global restructuring International, distribution and Capitol Music Group all affected by changes
News Charlie Walk becomes President of UMG’s Republic Group Monte Lipman calls exec "imaginative and fearless"
News Pandora losses hit $170m last year, as active listeners shrunk Revenues fly through $1bn for full year in 2015
News Pandora just had to pay Apple and Google $42.6m in ‘app tax’ Tech giants swallow 12.4% of firm's total marketing spend
News Is this the end of MySpace? Brand sold in tech bundle to Time Inc A cautionary tale for any arrogant digital service
News Pandora ‘meeting with potential buyers’ ahead of possible sale 'Preliminary' talks show intention of company's owners
News The guy who makes sure you talk about Kobalt just got promoted Former Sony exec Ryan Wright steps up to CMO at Willard Ahdritz's company
News Patti Coleman named SVP at WMG’s Rhino Entertainment SVP of Business and Legal Affairs at WBR gets new dual title
News Multiple promotions at Universal Music’s classical labels Exec shake-up at Decca Classics and Global Classics
News This record company just opened its very own physical music retailer Stax of Wax arrives in Malibu, California
News Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry and more praise ‘genius’ Max Martin Songwriter will collect Polar Music Prize in June