Interviews ‘I find acts that play to nobody… and I convince people to book them.’ Legendary US agent Tom Windish on his career - and never giving up on an artist
News Fake artists still dominate Spotify ‘chill’ playlists. Now Universal is fighting back… with Apple Music. Nothing has changed on Ambient Chill, Sleep and Music For Concentration
News How Five Seconds Of Summer refused to alter their sound for streaming playlists… and made history Capitol Records' Nick Raphael on why 5SOS 'stuck to their guns' in the studio
News George Ergatoudis out at Spotify after two years – to join Apple Music British exec jumps to Spotify's arch rival service
Analysis News PRS is paying songwriters 26% less per minute play on BBC Radio 1 than it was 5 years ago Network is now paying PRS £10.98 per minute of music played
News Music Sales is now a pureplay publisher with $50m+ in the bank, after selling books and retail business 'Our focus is [now] on expanding our rights business in all territories'
Interviews ‘They played a tiny café… there were four people in the audience.’ Coldplay managers Phil Harvey and Dave Holmes on the band's journey - and record-breaking tour
News Martin Mills named non-exec Chair at the Worldwide Independent Network Mills recently stepped down from the Chair’s position at Merlin
Analysis News The great big Spotify scam: Did a Bulgarian playlister swindle their way to a fortune on streaming service? Did a canny scammer suck over $1m from Spotify's royalty pool last year?
News Vevo boss Erik Huggers out after two years as CEO Vevo currently believed to be turning over around $500m a year
News Latin tracks dominate Vevo’s global most-played in 2017 Despacito is 2.7bn plays ahead of the global No.2 record
News Universal launches startup ‘Accelerator Network’ in bid to find the next Spotify Michael Nash hails network as opportunity for reciprocal value
News Apple Music is now playable via the new Apple Watch Special two hour keynote taking place in Cupertino tonight
News Despacito breaks all-time streaming records with 4.6bn plays in 6 months Tracks has already scored more than 3bn plays on YouTube across official channels
News Bucks and The Royalty Network enter into JV for UK band The Jacques Bristol band sign global publishing deal