News Now Google is sued for alleged copyright infringement in the US Same team that sued TIDAL goes after the big G
News Sony’s Essential merger ‘a marriage of equals’ in a congested marketplace 'This offers a compelling alternative for labels and artists in a sector lacking real choice'
News Sony Music sues Universal sister company Radionomy Vivendi acquired 64.4% stake in business last year
News Sammy Andrews joins music intelligence provider Ei as Director Erik Gilbert becomes full-time Ei exec, leaves Essential
News TIDAL sued for $5m over alleged copyright infringement Mechnical royalties issue rears its head again in the US
Interviews ‘Managers should make decisions based on reason, logic – and knowing their artists’ How one man's unshakeable faith in a band no-one 'got' came good
Interviews ‘Good A&R is all about instinct – following the scent’ Label Of The Month is Jon Barlow's Sigma-signing dance powerhouse
News UMG and XL dominate the BRIT Awards as Adele rules ceremony Universal winners include Tame Impala, Justin Bieber and James Bay
News Meet Warner’s new A&R team. You’ve probably heard of them. Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran and Charli XCX all given imprints
News New York investor takes ‘major position’ in PledgeMusic D2C e-commerce site gets more backing from Magna Entertainment
Analysis Blockbuster artists increased their share of streaming cash in 2015 Justin Bieber, Drake and The Weeknd did very nicely on Spotify
Analysis No-one is indispensable at Lucian Grainge’s leaner, meaner Universal What does Pascal Nègre's departure tell us about UMG in 2016?
News Daniel Ek on YouTube, SoundCloud and why he didn’t build Spotify to sell it 'Streaming is behind the growth in music, and Spotify is behind the growth in streaming'
News Pandora is now paying publishers 1/5th of the money it gives labels Publishers would have seen a share of $140m in 2015
News Kanye West says his new album ‘will only be on TIDAL’. Sadly, he’s wrong. The Life of Pablo tops piracy charts as Kanye goes exclusive