News Eye Sound founder Frank Ströbele joins BMG in Germany Exec's management clients include Within Temptation
News Simfy quits streaming music race in Germany as Spotify dominates Platform was born in 2010 and expanded abroad
News Spotify selling 3 months of ad-free music for less than $1 in the US Offer available for non-existing subscribers
News Spotify secures $350m in funding round – without relying on Universal It's the seventh funding round in Spotify history
News UK festivals launch 24-hour ‘legal highs’ awareness campaign Glastonbury and T In The Park participate in awareness bid
News The creator of Google Maps is launching a new music start-up Lars Rasmussen quits Facebook to work on new app
News Jane Dyball takes over at UK’s Music Publishers Association… for now Exec appointed interim CEO at trade body
News Max Martin wins ASCAP Songwriter of The Year Award for 8th time Sony/ATV picks up Publisher Of The Year prize
News Grooveshark is no more – and says sorry to the music industry Major labels agree to settle with notorious copyright infringer
News Erik Huggers, ex-iPlayer exec, confirmed as Vevo CEO Huggers is also a former President of Intel's media division
News Now BBC Radio 1’s playlist gatekeeper, Nigel Harding, is leaving the station… But unlike others, the Music Policy Executive isn't going to Apple
News Google, Amazon and Pandora join forces to fight music industry over royalty rates Powerful lobbying group ready to scrap on performance rights and radio
News Tunecore posts 5% rise in Q1 artist payouts to $36m Firm now looks after 300k+ compositions through publishing arm
News Instagram launches @Music account to boost emerging artists Questlove helps social network show off abilities
News Piracy wounded in Germany as ‘tracker’ sites taken down Trackers co-ordinate 'give and take' on torrent sites
News Apple poaches top producers from BBC Radio 1 for new Spotify rival Four producers set to join Zane Lowe at Cupertino giant, MBW understands