Analysis YouTube wants you to stop comparing it to Spotify and Apple Music 'YouTube boasting about its payments to the music industry is like Bernie Madoff boasting about paying dividends to his investors.'
News Spotify suffers another blockbuster hold-out in the Year of Windowing Gwen Stefani: 'I need to get some kind of compensation'
News Republic’s Trina Tombrink joins RED Distribution in New York City Exec played key role in breaking James Bay and Florence & The Machine
News It’s a big week for the Artist Services model in the UK The entire Top 4 of Saturday's Chart Update were released through model
News Universal launches free music streaming service with watchmaker Raymond Weil deal is UMG's latest white label streaming platform project
Analysis Sony deal done, here’s how SoundCloud can survive a brutal streaming market A seven-point survival plan for the challenged Berlin-based service
News CTS Eventim expands in Scandinavia with Egmont partnership German Ticketmaster rival teams up with Nordic firm
News Simon Fuller to receive Entrepreneur of the Year Award in L.A next month Business Innovation Awards handed Lucian Grainge a gong last year
Blog 9 things for artists to check after getting a streaming royalty statement The MMF's Annabella Coldrick on what to look out for from Spotify et al
Interviews ‘Making unsolicited approaches to A&Rs just doesn’t work’ How Music Gateway is trying to make things easier for labels, publishers and music supervisors
News Sony develops app for artists which shows daily streaming earnings Swedish exec Michelle Kadir leads creation of platform in Stockholm
News Warner steps up acquisitions hunt with hire of Heath Kudler Former Def Jam and Epic Records exec will 'leave no stone unturned'
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