News SONGS Music Publishing adds David Gold to head Business Affairs New York-based role taken on by lawyer who's worked with John Mayer
News Sarah Stennett to feed WMG with artists via Len Blavatnik deal First Access Entertainment will exclusively provide Warner with acts
Interviews Crying babies, yapping dogs and mega-hits: How PMR’s ‘renegade operation’ took over the charts Label of The Month is awarded to the Parmar brothers
Analysis News Deezer scraps IPO that could have raised $400m – here’s 5 reasons why The five big problems facing France's streaming leader right now
News Former Three Six Zero COO James Sealey joins artist-to-fan app Bkstg Sealey developed TSZ Ventures at previous firm
News Distiller Music Group launches live, touring and security division John Thompson joins London-based firm
News Vevo signs deal with BBC Radio 1 for Live Lounge content Over 200 performances will be available from November
News Adele’s Hello races to 100m views on YouTube in less than 5 days Only Psy has hit the milestone faster
News Global songwriter royalty collections up 2.4% to €6.9bn in 2014 Music makes up 87% of collections
News Universal Music Group acquires stake in video games developer Nuday UMG says aim is to combine 'games, brands and subcultures'
News Rak Sanghvi named MD outside the US for Spirit B-Unique in London Former Sony/ATV UK boss takes up new post
News Sony/ATV UK A&R Director Luke McGrellis joins rival UMPG Exec signed Ed Sheeran during his time at major publisher
News Nigel Harding signs label deal with Sony Music UK’s RCA Former Radio 1 exec teams with Danny Howard for Nothing Else Matters
News Jane Dyball named permanent CEO of MPA Group of Companies Exec takes IMPEL, MCPS and PMLL under her wing
News YouTube says it’s paid $2bn to music rightsholders. But what does that really mean? Spotify appears to be paying three times what Google giant is giving to labels
News This is what YouTube is telling labels who haven’t agreed its new terms 'The videos associated with your YouTube channel are no longer available for monetization in the United States'
News Kobalt’s AMRA signs global licensing deal with YouTube Second major deal announced by AMRA after Apple Music