News Cooking Vinyl backs new UK artist management venture John Black's Black Gold now working with OWS, A*M*E and Modern Addiction
News Streaming is even more popular in Sweden than we thought Streaming now represents 80% of all revenues in the territory
News Pandora: We’ve paid $1.2bn to music industry More direct licensing partnerships coming, says firm
News Rhapsody now has 2.5m subscribers, but may have lost $15m in 2014 Service's subscriber base grew 60% in calendar 2014
News Kim Kardashian mobile game makes $14m a month – and now Katy Perry’s getting one New title expected at the end of 2015 on iOS and Android
News Apple music streaming will be cheaper than Spotify Premium, here in the summer with ‘deep integration’ of Beats – report How Apple will use the digital side of its $3bn purchase
News As Sony scraps its streaming music service, what now for its creator? Omnifone CEO Jeff Hughes speaks to MBW about B2B platform's future
News BMG nabs share in Whigfield’s Saturday Night as it buys Italy’s Off Limits Rights company swoops for Italy's Off Limits
News Sony Music profits jump as streaming income rises Garth Brooks, Pink Floyd and AC/DC boost major's revenues
Analysis News Major labels keep 73% of Spotify premium payouts – report But in terms of net profit, labels take just €0.26, says SNEP
News Why would an artist quit the music biz in 2015? 'I personally found myself not liking who I'd become'
Analysis News Streaming overtakes iTunes in France – but music market falls 5.3% Streaming revenues leap up 35% as downloads fall 14%
News UK’s Jockey Club Live secures Kylie Minogue and Kaiser Chiefs shows Tickets cost £25 for summer shows