Interviews Major label A&R crisis? What major label A&R crisis? Alison Donald, Nick Gatfield and Jim Chancellor debate this week's scary numbers
News Call Of Duty just made $550m in 3 days – 10 times what Jay Z paid for TIDAL. It's a bigger launch than any cinema release in history
News HD streaming service Qobuz falls into receivership French service was founded in 2007, rivals TIDAL
Analysis UMG digital income falls by $18m – Apple Music blamed for surprise dip Vivendi boss tells UMG to brace itself for 'transition' in 2016 and 2017
Analysis Universal has a Taylor Swift-shaped hole to plug in Q4 UMG doesn't quite have a 1989 equivalent in the coming months
News Pandora plan to re-enter UK market gathers pace Bloomberg report adds weight to MBW scoop from earlier this year
News Canada’s ole launches label services division as it acquires Anthem ole has now spent $500m on acquisitions in 11 years
News Beggars Group posts £3.8m profit in 2014 – without a new Adele record XL turns over £11.5m with £2.7m profit
News One Direction paid at least £8.2m in UK corporation tax last year Band paid out over £10m to the taxman in total in 2014
News BMG and Big Deal Music extend partnership for 3 more years Big Deal's roster includes St Vincent and My Morning Jacket
Analysis News Streaming income overtakes download at Universal as digital sales rise 6% Streaming now bigger than downloads at UMG
News Revelator teams with web development service Wix.com World's biggest web-building platform ties with Revelator API
News Warner/Chappell Happy Birthday case gets new twist as charity intervenes ACEI says it owns Happy Birthday, assigned to Summy Co
Analysis Hang on… is the A&R hit rate of UK major labels just 5.7%? A different way of looking at the BPI's latest A&R stats