News US Association of Independent Publishers names new Board PEN Music Group, Reel Musik Werks and BMI all confirmed as national directors
News Kobalt Neighbouring Rights signs Bruno Mars, Calvin Harris and Sam Smith George Ezra, Sigma and Nico & Vinz also sign up
News Nettwerk acquires ex-Roadrunner publishing company Robot Of The Century Young The Giant and Black Stone Cherry move over with deal
News Mel Fox appointed SVP, Comms and Strategy Development at Warner Music UK Fox joined Warner in 2006
News Rdio expands into 24 countries across the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific Telco Digicel launches 30 minutes free music for 30 days deal
Blog If music industry ADHD kills the CD, we’ll regret it 'All I'm asking is... are we looking at this market from an objective point of view?'
News DJ Semtex returns to Sony, hired by his old boss Jason Iley DJ returns in A&R role after 14 years
News Indian streaming service Saavn hits 11m active users, hires Google vet Streaming volume has multiplied by three in past year to 200m per month
News Moses Martiny leaves PRS to join Sony/ATV London-based role will cover digital relations in Europe
Blog The music industry’s worst nightmare is nearly here: Amazon and Apple as content kings Amazon is becoming a content producer. Apple is already a label. Worried?
News Italian football league Serie A signs major music licensing deal SCF represents more than 95% of all repertoire distributed in Italy
Analysis News Shazam valued at $1bn – but it hasn’t turned a profit for over 7 years Last posted a net profit in 2006 - £4.28m
News It took one person to write Happy by Pharrell Williams. It took 16 to write Timber by Pitbull. Dr Luke scored three hits on three continents in 2014
News Imagem signs global deal with Berlin’s Steam Music Co-publishing deal comes just a month after shutters were put up on potential sale
News John Fleckenstein appointed EVP of RCA Exec moves over from International Marketing role at Sony
News Spotify: how free music and OAPs can help us become Angry Birds 'There are 7bn people in the world. 6.95bn don't use Spotify. That's mind-blowing.'