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
News Greg Thompson leaves Capitol to run management empire Maverick Maverick Music brings together some of the world's biggest artist managers
News Sony/ATV promotes Jorge Mejia to President of Latin America and US Latin Colombian-born exec steps up under Martin Bandier
News Francis Keeling is leaving Universal Music Group British exec exits a year after former boss Rob Wells
News The biggest artist on Spotify is a shareholder in TIDAL UMG-signed artist is being listened to by almost a third of Spotify's audience
News A fifth of UK young adults use piracy sites – in Spain, it’s a third New EU stats come from EUIPO report
News Ludacris lawyer Darrell Miller wins Beverly Hills Bar Association award Fox Rothschild partner also reps Brandy and others
News A physical single just went to the top of the French charts City Of Love needs just 6,700 sales to claim chart summit
News Tunecore expands into Germany, single upload will cost artists €10 Album uploads will cost €29.99 in first year of registration
News PledgeMusic has a new CEO: Ex-Caroline boss Dominic Pandiscia Benji Rogers takes new role but remains on company's board
News Universal Music Publishing moves production catalogue from ASCAP to SESAC Deal does not affect royalties collected outside the US
News Finally, after three long years, the indies are getting what’s theirs Is Beggars' Radiohead deal the first sign that divestments have started?
News Sally Davies named MD of Universal’s UK live entertainment division Former O2/AEG exec steps up from COO role
News Andrew Keller switches from Columbia to UMG’s Capitol Music Group Exec reunited with Steve Barnett and Ashley Newton at Universal