News Experian’s Suzanne Smith named MD of new PRS and PPL joint venture PPL boss Peter Leathem says he's "delighted to have been able to appoint someone of this calibre and experience"
News Ex-YouTube exec Stefan Baumschlager joins Record Bird as it raises six-figure sum Former Rdio and Last.fm exec hired as Head of Growth
News Spotify now officially has more UK listeners than BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's weekly audience has declined by more than 2m people in past 5 years
Interviews ‘Dare I say it: no major label can offer what we can at the moment’ Dave Pichilingi on Sound City 2017 - and what its new Chinese investor brings to the table
Interviews Jimmy Iovine: ‘Musicians taught me everything. Without them, I’m working on the docks.’ Jimmy Iovine talks Apple, Spotify, 'free' music, Interscope and much more
News Vivendi splashes $2.5bn on Havas bid – and says it will help ‘strengthen’ Universal Both Vincent and Yannick Bolloré think the buyout is a cracking idea
News Why did Max Lousada just poach Channel 4’s ‘creative superstars’ to join Warner? Chris Bovill and John Allison will join Warner Music UK to run The Firepit in the summer
Interviews How Island signed Sigrid – the act everybody else wanted Darcus Beese and Annie Christensen discuss why they're so excited for Norway's new export...
News Grammy Awards return to New York MSG last hosted the annual ceremony in 2003 and has done so three times in total
Analysis Why Warner did a deal with YouTube (and why it should think twice next time) On the conundrum faced by major labels as they throw sticks at Google
News Sony’s The Orchard buys independent distributors finetunes and Phonofile Finetunes and Phonofile to become wholly owned subsidiaries of The Orchard
News ‘Russia’s Facebook’ launches fully licensed new Spotify rival With over 100 million active users, Russian Facebook VKontakte (VK) has the same sized audience as Spotify
Analysis Why Sony Music’s 2016 numbers are healthier than they first appear Streaming was up over 40% at US$ constant currency - with recorded revenues growing
News Calvin Harris just kind of broke the way Sony reports album sales And The Chainsmokers aren't helping matters, either...