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
News Metropolis Studios signs Le Third Floor deal to expand European presence Business already won in France, Turkey and Belgium
News PledgeMusic launches Emerging Artist Series with Swatch Danish artist Oh Land kicks off campaign in the US
News Americans really don’t want to pay for music in their cars 80% of US drivers listening to free music say they would not be willing to pay in future
News Grooveshark faces possible $736m payout as Universal damages trial kicks off Sam Tarantino and Josh Greenberg face a jury today
News Jay Z accuses Tidal rivals of ‘smear campaign’ as platform hits 770k subscribers 'Our actions will speak louder than our words', says Shawn Carter
News Holland’s CTM signs Dirty Dancing, Little Feat, Steve Miller deals Sub-publishing deals for Imagem's sister company
News Universal Music Group Distribution brand closes, functions re-homed Two key execs pinched from Sony Music and Warner Music
News Warner owner Len Blavatnik is Britain’s richest billionaire Blavatnik is 18 times richer than Sir Paul McCartney
News Don’t spend it all at once, artists: Pandora is paying out $0.0001 more per stream than it was last year Service now paying out $0.0014 each time an ad-funded user streams
News UK’s independent festivals contribute £1bn to economy in four years £296m generated in 2014 alone
News As Norway prepares to switch off FM radio, local networks protest Stations question true dominance of DAB, and vested interests
News Songwriters suffer from ‘nonsensical disparity’ of streaming payments… says a Grammy-winning artist 'The time for change is now', argues Ne-Yo
News Pandora loses 2m listeners and $48m in three months Total active listeners fall under 80m people
News Sony/ATV signs Afrika Bambaataa outside North America 'Godfather' of genre began working in 1970s
News Universal signs deal with Philips LED cinema technology Morrissey and Queen concerts to be given makeover
News Metrophonic renews global publishing deal with Universal Agreement includes songs from Paul Barry and Mark Taylor