News Songwriter groups hit out at RIAA for ‘betrayal’ over moral rights issue "RIAA’s comments are taken by many in the music creator community as a betrayal of our joint commitment to expand opportunities for creators."
News SoundCloud is about to sell a majority stake to financiers. Is a new CEO incoming? Ex-Vimeo boss Kerry Trainor tipped to replace Alexander Ljung
News Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘When people said the music industry was over, we didn’t listen.’ Universal chief addresses Capitol staff at record label's Congress event in Hollywood
News Ex-Warner Bros VP Alison Ball named President of TuneGO Music Group Ball is also a former A&R executive at the likes of RCA and EMI
News Richard Sanders appointed new CEO of TIDAL (report) Ex-Kobalt exec becomes TIDAL's fourth CEO in little over two years
Analysis News As SoundCloud, valued at $300m, books an uncertain future… could a major label have rescued it? MBW learns details of new deal - and they've got industry fans concerned
Interviews ‘In Germany, we take chances with artists – no matter where they’re from’ Universal Music's CEO of Central Europe, Frank Briegmann, on his home territory's evolution
News Concord keeps faith with Imagem as it eyes further acquisitions Scott Pascucci and his senior team set out fast-growing company's strategy
Interviews ‘You’ve got to work at songwriting 7 days a week. There’s no such thing as writer’s block.’ Lamont Dozier is a legend. You could learn a lot from him.
News Sony/ATV signs publishing partnership with ‘social media record label’ Heard Well Connor Franta's YouTube-led A&R platform strikes a significant new deal
Interviews ‘Actions speak louder than words – and the support we give artists speaks for itself’ Live Nation's Denis Desmond on the growth of the company - and its role in developing new acts
Interviews Chess Club: ‘We are on the cusp of halcyon days’ Chess Club has spent the last 10 years at the cutting edge of British A&R. Here we chat to founders Will Street and Peter McGaughrin
News Despacito storms past 5bn streams milestone as Latin America takes flight Analyst Mark Mulligan explains why record-breaking single may be 'the new normal'
Interviews ‘There are an immense number of songwriters not making enough money to live on’ Wixen Music boss Randall Wixen on the value of music and the future for publishing
Analysis Can Lyor Cohen bridge the Google ‘value gap’ at YouTube? Can the experienced record exec bring together Google Play and YouTube for the good of everybody?