Music Business News: Europe

Spotify’s competitors turn up the heat as Amazon readies its rival

Pandora, Amazon, Vevo and others keen to launch new features over the coming months

Spotify is making its own records… and putting them on playlists

'Chill' playlists being infiltrated by Spotify-owned recordings, MBW learns

BMG revenues top $200m in H1 2016, with an 18% profit margin

Bertelsmann-owned firm looks on course to near $500m revenue this year

Raw Power signs ‘innovative finance agreement’ with Pulled Apart By Horses

Yorkshire band will have ability to choose their own route to market

Universal Norway boss Petter Singsaas exits major after 22 years

Per Sundin and Frank Briegmann pay tribute to departing exec in internal note

Six months of Apple Music now free with EE in the UK market

Britney Spears and Kevin Bacon star in new 'multi-million pound' ad campaign

Spotify on course to hit 50m subscribers within the next six months

Spotify is now adding around 450,000 subscribers every week

Universal is now making $28m every week from streaming, but downloads are down 29%

Streaming now equates to 36% of UMG's recorded music revenues