Analysis Spotify must now show songwriters the respect they deserve – or risk a backlash Why now is the perfect time for Daniel Ek's business to finally give composers credit
News BMG acquires independent French production house AXS Music Buyout signals launch of BMG Production Music France under Jérôme Keff
News Live Nation hires Chris Loll as COO of Media & Sponsorship division New York-based exec will report into Russell Wallach
News Universal Music UK hires Stefan Demetriou to drive forward ‘visual A&R’ strategy David Joseph says Universal's investment in audiovisual content can't be matched elsewhere
Interviews ‘I think we’ve got by far and away the UK’s best A&R force’ Universal Publishing UK boss Mike McCormack's first interview since landing the job last year
Interviews ‘We’ve never disagreed over anything major. 99% of the time we think the same way.’ Stuart Camp on Ed Sheeran's career - and a truly unique manager-artist relationship
News Facebook offers ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to labels and publishers for global licences Can it match the $553m paid out by video services last year?
News Apple axes annual Apple Music Festival in London after 10 years The likes of Adele, Oasis and The Weeknd played annual showcase
Analysis News Taylor Swift looks unlikely to break Ed Sheeran’s week-one Spotify record Shape Of You clocked up more than 26m streams in its opening four days
News Having raised $6m, Songtradr now provides music to in-store radio giant Mood Media Mood Media's clients have included McDonald's, Ikea, Wendy's, The Body Shop, Primark and Club Fitness
Interviews ‘The digital revolution has strengthened many labels – especially in the independent sector’ What does recent consolidation mean for the label services and distribution market? We chat to FUGA CEO Pieter van Rijn.
News Irving Azoff: ‘Who do YouTube and Lyor Cohen think they’re bullsh*tting?’ Bad blood runs deep as YouTube and music business accuse each other of lack of transparency
News Tom Misch signs global deal with Universal Music Publishing Mike McCormack calls Misch an "exceptionally talented songwriter and producer"
News Lyor Cohen: YouTube pays out more than Spotify for ad-supported streams in the US Exec makes bold claims as he reviews his first eight months at Google's video service