Analysis Bill Gates said content would be king. So why are ad-funded services paying us so little? The BPI's Geoff Taylor discusses labels' big challenges in 2015 - especially YouTube
News Adele has done it: 25 records biggest ever first week sales in US market UK sales storm past half a million in three days
News Stop ticket resale sites ripping off fans, Coldplay tell UK government Modest, Wildlife, Rocket, Closer and Urok co-sign letter
News Amazon is releasing its own music again… Indie For The Holidays just hit Amazon Prime Music and traditional store
News BMG acquires two publishing catalogues in China Music rights company continues expansion in region
News Can this man bring SoundCloud closer to the music business? Raoul Chatterjee will be given task of fixing service's relations with rightsholders in EU
Analysis Adele is NOT No.1 on this chart (and it’s a really important one) Latest piracy charts throw assumed logic into question. Adele does that a lot.
News Adele’s 25 is on fire: 1.9m sold in just two days in the US American sales record looks like a foregone conclusion
News Germany’s finetunes expands in Asia with new partnerships Germany company teams up with Singapore's Cross Ratio Entertainment
News Adele’s 25 just went platinum in 24 hours Over 300k sold in the UK - US performance is "beyond belief"
News £2.7m ad campaign for Jagermeister soundtracked by UK duo Koven Electronic artist is part of Jager's artist support programme
News The Orchard acquires metal label Shrapnel Records catalogue Catalogue of 3,000 tracks includes Paul Gilbert and Indigenous
News Jimmy Iovine: ‘Women find it very difficult at times to find music’ Unusually gender-specific comments arrive on CBS
News SFX boss Sillerman pulls bid to buy firm, wiping 41% off share price Entire business now worth just $27m
News UMPG signs deal with independent movie studio STX STX is on course to make 12 major motion pictures each year
News Adele’s 25 reviews appear online: ‘Pop perfection’ or ‘far too safe’? The Telegraph loves it, others more lukewarm on Ms Adkins new LP
Interviews What will record deals look like in the future? Martin Goldschmidt, Paul Spraggon, Billy Bragg and Phil Morais debate the big topics