News Drake’s More Life tops 250m streams across Apple Music and Spotify in two-and-a-half days Playlist reaches nearly 600m streams over two days
News Australia’s Seventh Street Media acquires Tone Deaf, The Brag and J Play Former The Music Network editor Poppy Reid also joins growing new venture
Analysis Is BBC radio playing enough independent music? Just 2% of Radio 1’s 100 most played tracks of 2016 were ‘pure’ independent releases
News YouTube loses US music streaming dominance as subscription plays jump 124% BuzzAngle stats reveal more plays on subscription services than on video platforms in 2016
Analysis News Streaming price war breaks out as Google offers 4 free months of Play Amazon's entry into the market appears to have kicked off Black Friday battle
News SoundExchange paid out $264m in Q3 – its biggest quarter in two years CMO is on course to pay out around $900m to rights-holders this year
News BBC Radio 1 ditches In New Music We Trust playlist Will bigger C-list and new Specialist Chart make up for the loss?
News Here are BBC Radio 1’s most-played artists this year. Are there enough UK acts? Drake, The 1975, Shawn Mendes and Coldplay lead BBC station's playlist
News Only two debut albums went Gold in the US in the first half of 2016. Guess who? Kevin Gates and Charlie Puth seal achievement - and are both signed to Mike Caren's label
News Warner Music Group acquires Swedish playlisting firm X5 Music Company specialises in digital compilation creation
News YouTube Red (and Google Play Music) goes cheap with sub-$1 deal Meanwhile, Spotify reveals new $9.99 for three months deal
News Spotify’s own playlists are paying out $1m a day to the music business A billion streams a week taking place on the likes of Today's Top Hits
News Spotify launches new playlists to break songs across genres Fresh Finds cover range of genres for listeners
News Rob Stringer’s Columbia makes two key A&R promotions Imran Majid and Justin Eshak step up following Ashley Newton departure