News Universal revives PolyGram brand to handle new movie and TV projects David Blackman to head up department working on INXS and Motown productions
News Frank Ocean lets rip at The Grammys. And really, who can blame him? 'I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful.'
News Vevo poaches Fullscreen’s Kevin McGurn as Chief Sales Officer Vevo reaches almost 100m users a month in the US market
News Spotify Premium, marching towards 50m subs, goes free… in New York Times bundle deal Promotion mirrors similar deal run with The Times (UK) in 2014
News Live Nation acquires majority stake in Israel’s Bluestone Entertainment Guy Oseary credited with bringing two businesses together
Analysis If Spotify delays its IPO into 2018, it faces some serious financial pain How much has Daniel Ek's company promised in terms to secure a $1bn loan intake?
News Downtown launches new company in Japan, partners with Avex 'Japan is the world's 2nd largest music market and has been ignored by western publishers for decades'
News Why did Sprint pay $200m for TIDAL? Sprint, majority-owned by Japanese giant Softbank, believes it can help TIDAL grow "substantially"
Analysis News SoundExchange payouts grew 10% to a record $884m last year Organization distributed nearly half a billion dollars in second half of 2016
News Goldfingers sign global publishing deal with Imagem Music in the UK Duo are currently working with John Newman and Camille Purcell
News Google generated $90bn last year, 6 times more than the global recorded music business Google turned over $89.5bn in 2016, with more than $79bn coming from ads
Interviews Spotify and Apple Music will struggle in China. Meet the reason why… Tencent's Andy Ng gives his view on the global market exclusively to MBW
News Universal: You’re all gonna have to trust us on this one… Universal SVP Jonathan Dworkin talks streaming, free vs. paid - and industry harmony
Analysis Smashed by Spotify, can TIDAL find a future which doesn’t end badly? How long can Jay Z afford to bankroll his minnow of a streaming service?