Music Business News: United Kingdom

Should the UK chart start counting radio airplay figures?

BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Head of Music argues the case

There’s an interesting new startup on the horizon: meet Platoon

LoveFilm co-founder and ex-Apple exec involved

BMG is the biggest artist albums label in the UK this week

Thanks to albums from Blink 182, Rick Astley and Gilbert O'Sullivan

Three Six Zero signs MistaJam

Personality began broadcasting on Sirius XM last year

Google’s ‘How To Fight Piracy’: An alternative version

'Google persistently directs fans to illegal sites in preference to those legitimate services'

Is BBC Radio 1 doing enough to support new British artists?

Station's four most-played tracks this year have come from outside the UK

Staff trimmed at PRS For Music, but average wage creeps up

Average salary climbs to £51,620 as PRS loans ICE project millions of startup capital

Thriller songwriter Rod Temperton signs to Warner/Chappell

Brit also wrote Rock With You, Off The Wall and Burn This Disco Out