News Former Spotify Japan executive Akira Nomoto named General Manager, Merlin Japan Nomoto takes over from Haji Taniguchi
Interviews ‘What I’ve learned, and I’m not saying I’ve practiced it well, is you get what you demand.’ Ariel Rechtshaid on working with Madonna, Vampire Weekend and many more
News Kobalt Music Publishing promotes Amanda Samii to Vice President, Creative Samii joined Kobalt in 2011 as an assistant on the Creative team
News Deezer’s free tier can be controlled with Amazon Alexa now, but not in the US and Japan Feature will roll out to Alexa-enabled devices over the next two weeks
News Canada’s RE:SOUND and SOCAN launch Entandem JV to offer single public performance licence Organizations will continue to administer royalties separately for recorded music
Analysis News The average salary of a Spotify employee hit $132,301 last year – more than double what it was in 2011 How the salaries at streaming music's market leader have changed over the past decade
News Payola 2.0: The native ad model for streaming music? Feature.fm President David Porter on why 'sponsored songs' will be big business for streaming
Interviews ‘I believe we’re going to see huge changes in how record labels run their sync businesses.’ Alicen Schneider, who heads up the creative music division and West Coast music operations for NBCUniversal Television, talks sync
News Nielsen expands its radio coverage to 500+ terrestrial and satellite stations in Canada SOCAN extends relationship with Nielsen Music
News iHeartMedia completes restructuring process, cuts debt to $5.8bn Separation of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings also completed
News JioSaavn has over 100m Monthly Active Users. Could it be India’s biggest music streaming service? According to sources close to the company, JioSaavn currently has 104m MAUs globally
Interviews ‘The music industry’s in for a really interesting 10 years…’ Various Artists' Dave Bianchi and John Dawkins on their successes and professional journey to date
News SiriusXM sees Q1 profits dip following Pandora buyout Company's profit declined 44% to $162 million
News BBC to hire all-powerful Pop Music Controller in major radio shake-up Stations such as Radio 1, 1Xtra, Asian Network, Radio 2 and 6 Music will report into new hire