News Rhapsody makes two senior hires and ‘formally’ launches Powered by Napster service Angel Gambino joins as Chief Commercial Officer and John Law as VP, Head of Product
News Spotify fake artists return – but who’s faking plays within user accounts? MBW reveals that plays were being falsely attributed to users as far back as March last year
News Universal becomes first major to license Africa’s biggest streaming platform, Boomplay Boomplay is jointly owned by two large-scale Chinese companies
News Audio Network appoints Todd King VP, West Coast Music publishing and licensing veteran to guide growth of West Coast market
News Two of Canada’s leading indie distributors, Select and Outside Music, are merging Select and Outside will maintain independent offices in Montreal and Toronto, respectively
News Anyone can now get playlisted on Spotify (sort of…) Spotify's playlist submission feature is out of beta after music is submitted by 67,000 artists since July
News The Orchard makes play for independent artists with new global division under Tim Pithouse Sony Music Australia exec moving to New York
News Spotify’s Latin playlists head Rocío Guerrero quits streaming platform to join Warner Music Group Exec built ¡Viva Latino! and Baila Reggaeton over a seven-year tenure
News Apple Music and Ministry Of Sound strike deal to push MoS playlists worldwide AM will be the only place the public will be able to find MoS playlist brands
Analysis News Spotify is testing semi-personalized playlists. What might that mean for record labels? Streaming platform's new experiment hints at a very different future for playlisting
News Snapchat influencer network Fanbytes launches AR Lenses platform for labels UK-born startup sees success working with the likes of Warner and Deezer
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