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
News Cooking Vinyl signs Run For Cover deal in Australia Partnership kicks off with Turnover's Peripheral Vision
News Downloads down 12% in UK, albums down 5% – but streaming soars 81% Overall album sales fall 5.3% in unit terms
News Australian country label WJO partners with Universal Company boasts a roster in excess of 1,000 titles
News Spotify’s Daniel Ek launches conference for ‘Brilliant Minds’. Tickets cost $2,900. Symposium Stockholm takes place between June 8-13