News Napster is having another crack at the US – as a legal service Lay-offs confirmed as P2P-associated branding goes worldwide
News Universal, Sony, Warner vow to create a working Global Rights Database The Open Music Initiative also wins support from Spotify, YouTube and Pandora
Analysis What the tech industry needs to learn about the music biz: Sympathy For The Devil (pt. 3) Consultant Andy Edwards lays out what Silicon Valley must realise if it wants the best relationship
Analysis Apple takes its Chance to show up the music biz… as Google licks its lips As a self-release storms the chart, what does the future hold for major rights-holders?
News Radiohead’s new album coming to Spotify… 6 weeks after release A Moon Shaped Pool will arrive on Spotify on June 17th
Interviews ‘The greatest asset a manager can give an artist is honesty’ Meet Peter Rudge: the Vector man looks after James and has managed The Rolling Stones
News Independent labels have a 37.6% global market share, says new report Mark Mulligan research bases figure on rights ownership, rather than distribution
Interviews ‘We are concerned about the value flowing down to artists and creators’ Annabella Coldrick explains her objectives for the managers' trade body
Interviews Warner/Chappell’s Jon Platt: ‘A lot of people in the music business give a good meeting. We get results.’ From Denver DJ to major publisher Chairman - Jon Platt has quite a story
News Chrysalis deal done, Warner’s Chris Ancliff steps up to EVP role Ancliff named Executive Vice President for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
News Warner Music Group just spent $1bn on A&R within 12 months Major posts highest Q4 and Q1 A&R spend for seven years
News Warner Music UK unveils its own studio at centre of ‘The Firepit’ Content creation and 'innovation incubator' also part of new project
News Streaming now represents 27% of album ‘sales’ in the UK market And streaming now counts for two-thirds of all singles 'sales'
News David Joseph, Geoff Travis and music biz figures urge UK to stay in Europe Sandie Shaw, Jonathan Shalit and Paloma Faith back Remain campaign
News Pot plants, pond life and Shaun Ryder’s nine-incher: The best quotes from the Ivor Novellos 2016 Damon Albarn, Jim Kerr, Alan McGee and others deliver the goods