Music Business News: Europe

UK Music’s James Murtagh-Hopkins joins UMG as Senior Director, Communications

Former Sony, EMI and Pulse Films exec moves to major's London office

TIDAL parent lost around $2m a month last year, while seeking extra financing

First year of Jay Z ownership put under the microscope

Recorded music sales up in Sweden as streaming revenue grows 10%

Streaming claims 86% of territory, with download on just 2%

Top Spotify sales exec Jonathan Forster exits company

British exec parts ways with company he joined in 2007

Chrysalis Records hires Domino’s John Dyer as Managing Director

Newly-independent indie also hires Dermot James

The UK singles chart is sluggish and dull. Is this the solution?

There were no new entries in the singles Top 40 last week

Belgium’s recorded music business grows 6.5% in H1 2016

Revenue earned from recorded music reached €52.93m in the first half of 2016

Revealed: The finalists for The A&R Awards In Association with Abbey Road Studios

Independents, majors, labels, publishers and management companies all in the mix