News Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland Analysis Weighing up the positive differences an acquisition of Believe could make to WMG News Merlin joins a growing list of music companies to sign up for Deezer's innovative new royalty payment model Analysis News Warner Music Group’s CEO has some “radical” ideas on how to change how streaming services pay music rights holders Analysis Blog MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy Analysis News Yet Ladegaillerie and co have a trump card up their sleeve Analysis News The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… News UMG EVP, Boyd Muir, confirms that UMG needs to cut costs to hit the mid-20s EBITDA margin target it promised investors