Analysis Why this week could cost (or gain) the record business a billion dollars Big money rests on the Copyright Royalty Board's decision in the US
News BMG acquires Atmospheriques, signs 8ball deal in Holland Charlie Winston included in catalogue buy
News Phil Bowdery replaces Stuart Littlewood as Chairman of Concert Promoters Association Littlewood has spent 25 years at the CPA
News Audio Network expands in the US with Ian Ginsberg promotion New staff coming to LA and New York offices in coming months
News Toby Leighton-Pope and Steve Homer out at Live Nation UK Duo of senior promoters leave UK company
News Napster/Rhapsody on the cusp of 3.5m subscribers, adding 100k a month Now three times the size of TIDAL and close to half the size of Apple Music
News Apple Music signs Taylor Swift exclusive in landmark content deal Star will appear on Beats 1 tomorrow with Zane Lowe
Analysis Don’t cry for Spotify, don’t laugh at TIDAL – and watch out for Pandora A little look into the motivations of Chris Martin, Jay Z, Daniel Ek and Jimmy Iovine...
News Peermusic expands in Australia with Trackdown partnership Geoff Watson and Gary Seeger join company
News More changes at Vevo as Nic Jones is promoted to Chief Revenue Officer Former News International exec to monitor worldwide income at video platform
News Streaming trumps download at Warner in 2015 as losses narrow Revenues from streaming grew $121m in the year; total WMG earnings hit $2.966bn
News Ministry Of Sound albums are starting to appear on Apple Music… Wretch 32 is there. So's London Grammar.
Analysis $25 billion: The best number to happen to the global music business in a very long time. The global worth of publishing and songwriting revealed by Will Page on MBW
News Imagem Music promotes Leo Chantzaras to Senior International A&R Manager Exec will report into Kim Frankiewicz and Jens Markus-Wegener
News Reshuffle at UMG’s Caroline as Harvest bosses take over Piero Giramonti and Jacqueline Saturn take over after exist of Pandiscia
News iTunes names Tame Impala, Florence & The Machine best of 2015 Spotify the third top-grossing app on iPhone
News ‘The new Grooveshark’, Aurous, shuts down in $3m settlement with major labels Owner Andrew Sampson hit with heavy damages as site transfers to RIAA