Music Business News: Europe

Apple: Spotify pays ‘app tax’ on less than 1% of paid subscribers

Apple responds to Spotify's app tax complaint

BMG Production Music partners with Red Bull Media House

Deal will see BMGPM represent the Sounds of Red Bull production music catalog worldwide

Hipgnosis already owns over 5,000 songs – with another $1bn-plus of deals in its sights

"We now have a pipeline of catalogs with an aggregate value in excess of £1 billion."

The music industry is tackling streaming fraud with a pointless ‘Code’. It won’t work… but these ideas might.

Penalties for artists, penalties for staff, more funding – why wasn't any of this in the industry's own policies?

DEAG acquires majority stake in Michael Drieberg’s Swiss group of companies

Music promoter expands market position in Switzerland

Stream ripping site Convert2MP3, which had 684m visits over the past 12 months, has been shut down

Legal action was coordinated by IFPI and BVMI in Germany

MelodyVR to livestream London’s Wireless Festival in virtual reality via new app

Partnership follows new app and hardware announcement

Skeet Kaye Hopkins merges with US firm Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman

Two businesses create transatlantic business management offering for artists