Music Business News: Europe

Deezer’s free tier can be controlled with Amazon Alexa now, but not in the US and Japan

Feature will roll out to Alexa-enabled devices over the next two weeks

PledgeMusic fails to find buyer, heads for administration

Co-founder Benji Rogers confirms demise of crowdfunding platform

Cooking Vinyl makes string of new signings, including Swim Deep and Saint Raymond

Also joining the label are Isobel Campbell, Sam Lee and Kerri Watt

The average salary of a Spotify employee hit $132,301 last year – more than double what it was in 2011

How the salaries at streaming music's market leader have changed over the past decade

[PIAS] inks global digital distribution deal with Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings

The Berlin Philharmonic's first new release with [PIAS] is a new recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6

PMR’s Ben and Daniel Parmar join Virgin EMI as Co-Presidents of A&R

'Ben and Daniel are taste dictators who will add further cultural and creative vigour to Virgin EMI.'

Deezer unveils rebrand, including redesigned logo and app

"Our unique look and feel also reflect our mindset as an industry challenger," says platform's CEO

Payola 2.0: The native ad model for streaming music?

Feature.fm President David Porter on why 'sponsored songs' will be big business for streaming