News Sweden’s STIM defends itself against songwriter accusations PRO says it actually takes 12% of Spotify payouts
News Physical music retailers grew 20% in the UK last year But CD sales are now less than a third of what they were in 2004
News Minder Music settles in Ariana Grande infringement case Minder alleged that Grande's The Way interpolated elements of Troglodyte
News Forever young? The average age of today’s biggest pop stars is 38 Michael Jackson, AC/DC and Pink Floyd on list
News Vevo rival AdRev paid out $14.8m to music rights-holders in 2014 AdRev currently represents more than 7 million copyrights
News Warner pulls catalogue from Simfy in Germany Streaming service promises 'every song, anytime and anywhere'
News Major labels look to crush The Pirate Bay in Sweden Bredbandsbolaget protests move, citing internet freedom
News Spanish music promoters protest over ‘absurd’ VAT rates 'This is a real problem that affects everyone'
News Pandora: Our $0.001 per stream payout is ‘very fair’ on artists. And besides, now we can help them sell tickets. Pandora pays around 1/6th of Spotify's per-stream rate
News MCN Rightster strikes music deal with Microsoft Lumia #lumiamusic campaign operated in UK, Russia, France, Germany, Poland and Italy
News Live Nation wins six-year ‘monopoly’ US legal battle It's My Party case has dragged on since 2009
News Warner revives Giant as singles label in Sweden Label was founded by Irving Azoff but mothballed in 2001
News ASCAP promotes Lummel to head ‘transformation’ of company New role will 'implement new, best-in-class tools and services'
News Global dives into US market with ex-AEG boss Randy Phillips Global Publishing moved into new structure
News BMI hires Warner/Chappell’s Sweeney as Global Policy head Exec will fight to maximise global royalty collections for BMI
News Van Halen catalogue to be administered by Atlas Music Publishing Works were previously published by Warner/Chappell