Interviews ‘You get the best out of an artist if you treat them like a partner, rather than someone who is subservient.’ Empire founder Ghazi Shami explains how his business is competing successfully with major labels
Analysis News After revenues dropped last year, can Napster really compete in the streaming music space? US company turned over $172.4m last year, down from $208.1m in 2016
Interviews Lyor Cohen: ‘I’ve always had the gift of being self-assured.’ One of the most talked about execs of all time on the industry... and himself
News YouTube Music goes fully live in 17 markets – including the US, UK and Canada Google platform says it has 'aggressive goals' for growth this year
Interviews DEAG at 40: ‘We’re like an armada, ploughing through the sea.’ CMO Detlef Kornett talks us through the history of a live music giant
Analysis Sony Music isn’t Robin Hood – it’s being much smarter than that Why Sony's generosity is a strategic play in light of growing artist power
Analysis News Revealed: How Sony’s $750m Spotify equity cash will be shared with artists and indie labels Unrecouped balances will be ignored by major in surprise move
Analysis Spotify must tread carefully if it wants to strike direct deals with artists The power of the major labels is not to be taken lightly for Daniel Ek
News Spotify launches another live music event: Hot Country Live Inaugural event to be headlined by Carrie Underwood
Interviews ‘I knew that making it in music was a needle in a haystack thing.’ Oak Felder on his career, his songwriting process - and why he's become a publisher himself
News Music publishers warn Spanish society they’ll dump it if it keeps up TV ‘scam’ SGAE under fire over 'The Wheel' scam; CISAC under fire for inaction
News BMG boss Hartwig Masuch: ‘We are the fourth major music company’ Exec also warns of potential "bursting bubble" when it comes to publishing M+A market
News People stop discovering new music when they hit 30, says research Deezer survey reveals interesting facts about user habits
News Apple Music poaches Radio 1Xtra Editor Ryan Newman Move comes two years after Austin Daboh left for Spotify