News Downloads are crashing across the music industry. But at Beatport, they’re actually climbing. Why? Robb McDaniels talks MBW through the resurgence of one of dance music's biggest brands
News ‘Jason is always true to himself and honest with his fans.’ Clarence Spalding and BMG's Zach Katz salute a major-league eighth studio album from Jason Aldean
Analysis Tencent Music uses ‘tipping’ to rack up revenues. Why aren’t Western music streaming platforms doing the same? Cherie Hu on what the likes of Spotify can learn from China's biggest streaming music company
News Unilever launches its own music ‘label’ with Axe deodorant (but make sure you read the fine print) Copyright buyout will see collaborators denied any royalties from Lil Yachty collaboration
News Why Believe just bought 49% of one of France’s leading indie labels (and why it’s not worried about Spotify’s user uploads). Denis Ladegaillerie discusses his latest acquisition and Spotify's big move
News British songwriters’ body opposes Sony’s proposed takeover of EMI Music Publishing BASCA joins IMPALA in officially opposing Sony's plan to own 100% of EMP
News Spotify launches Global Cultures Initiative to boost regional artists from around the world Spotfiy launches playlists featuring popular tracks from communities around the world
News James Grant Group sells majority stake to Trilantic in $100m+ deal, rebrands as YM&U As reported by MBW earlier this month, private equity firm swoops for talent management co
Analysis Apple’s buyout of Shazam: 5 reasons it could change music streaming forever How the world's leading voice-recognition app could shake up the streaming game
News Donald Trump’s signature is now all that stands in the way of the Music Modernization Act being passed Senate unanimously votes in favor of draft bill
News Wendy Griffiths upped to EVP role at Position Music in Los Angeles Ex-BMG exec climbs the ranks at Tyler Bacon's company
Analysis Could SiriusXM’s buyout of Pandora finally deliver the first true ‘full-stack’ music company? Pandora is back in the game of music streaming - and can dare to dream big
News Sony EMI takeover investigation now underway, IMPALA hopes for ‘stiff opposition’ European Commission starts initial assessment
Analysis This is how we should be measuring global streaming subscribers Glenn Peoples on the fast-growing music subscription base - and where it goes next
Analysis Blog Spotify’s direct distribution deals are only a threat to those aggregators stuck in the past Ditto Music CEO Lee Parsons on the big news that Spotify is accepting directly-distributed music from artists