Music Business News: Europe
Analysis News The majors will generate $5bn from streaming this year - but who's king of the jungle? News Canal Plus is refusing to pay authors' rights in France. It's owned by the same company as UMG. Tricky. Analysis News Company flies through billion dollar barrier as total group sales exceed $3bn News Bertelsmann-owned company on course to post more than $500m in sales this year Analysis News Shape Of You clocked up more than 26m streams in its opening four days Blog Label services deals offer a lot of freedom - but is a sustainable business model sometimes forgotten? News Organization distributed $353m in the 12 months to end of March News Net profit of $18m for hitmaker's corporate entity secured last year, up 22%