Music Business News: Europe

‘Indies should form collective on streaming playlists’

Cooking Vinyl's Sammy Andrews speaks up

Indie labels frozen out on radio in Europe as majors dominate Top 50

Hozier top in Australia in Q1, Ed Sheeran in Europe

BMG bounds into Top 5 of UK record company groups

But overall albums market down 5.2% in Q1

Vivendi strikes deal with rebel investor to secure UMG future

Peter Schoenfeld gets his dividend payout

Kobalt in Wired: Majors and collection societies get a rough ride

'It's not that the majors are devious - they're inept'

Could Universal become a sister company of Sky?

DailyMotion negotiations underway with Orange

Nominees revealed for German Music Author Awards

Eight categories announced, two to follow

Absolute rebrands, launches new analytics tool

Absolute Project offers real-time analytics to clients