News BRIT Awards ‘help perpetuate power of the UK ruling class’ Former PM aide Steve Hilton raises concerns
News Cooking Vinyl boss argues for UK music tax breaks Martin Goldschmidt calls for fund to be directed to recording studios
News Spotify: freemium clampdown rumours are ‘completely false’ 'Our model is working' says streaming service
News ASCAP warns songwriters: Pandora fight is far from over Rival BMI scored a higher rate last week
News Island Marketing Director Sarah Boorman moves to UMTV UMTV has enjoyed recent success with Northern Soul compilation
Interviews What Ministry Of Sound’s boss really thinks of Spotify, Lucian Grainge and Apple Lohan Presencer doesn't hold back in full MBW interview
News Australia’s ARIA to launch video and audio streaming chart YouTube and Spotify data both included
News UK independents celebrate first year of landmark BBC deal Simon Raymonde, Lesley Bleakley and others applaud agreement
News Spotify’s dominance of global music streaming revenue laid bare Streaming service claimed 49% of total subscription revenues, according to MBW analysis
News Live Nation hires merchant banker as Chief Strategy Officer Jordan Zachary will report into Michael Rapino
News SoundCloud hires ex-Facebook exec to drive advertising revenue Sonia Flynn moves to company's Berlin office
News Streaming drives 8% increase in digital income for UMG as it banks €1bn in Q1 Revenues in actual terms soar 11.6% to €1.1bn
News Spirit Music Group signs exclusive JV with T Bone Burnett David Rezner signs long-term deal with songwriter/producer
News CD Baby launches publishing admin service in the UK Willis Earl Beal and Grant Lee Phillips are clients
News Warner Music boss warns against ‘burning freemium at the stake’ Stephen Cooper appears more cautious over hurting freemium than Lucian Grainge