Music Business News: France

No-one is indispensable at Lucian Grainge’s leaner, meaner Universal

What does Pascal Nègre's departure tell us about UMG in 2016?

Universal is music’s first billion dollar streaming record company

Streaming income up more than €300m, total UMG income up more than €500m

Sony and Universal neck-and-neck in race to rely on streaming

Both companies drawing 24% of income from streaming

Pascal Nègre leaves Universal Music France in shock exit

Veteran exec, who first joined Polygram in 1990, out at major

BMG acquires rights to hit ‘Feelings’ and other Loulou Gasté songs

Widow Line Renaud approves deal with rights firm in France

Ninja Tune expands footprint in Germany and France

Staff appointed in Germany and France

Why do major record labels dominate UK radio quite so much?

There were 18 independent tracks amongst France's biggest radio songs last year

Deezer absorbs €100m investment from Orange and Access Industries

Len Blavatnik pumps more money into Spotify rival