News Having raised $12.5m to date, Stem quits DIY distribution, increases its fees and focuses on ‘top performing artists’ Firm launches 'Stem Direct' which it says will super-serve VIP artists
News Can the major labels overcome these 5 threats in the years ahead? European revenues, piracy, and the growth in streaming platform strength are all challenges
News Why did Lil Nas X sign to Columbia? Ron Perry’s Instagram profile helped. How the Columbia CEO & Chairman's Insta profile played a crucial role in the song of the summer
Interviews ‘Songwriters and publishers should never be an afterthought for digital services.’ Apple Music's global publishing head, Elena Segal, on the industry, those CRB appeals, and her career to date
News FUGA hires Domino’s Jason Reed and Proper Music Group’s Kameil Sattar Reed, Domino's ex-Head of Digital, starts at FUGA next month
Analysis Record labels are spending more and more on signing (and paying) artists… How the record business's new-age economics are really starting to show
News Snapchat in talks with majors to expand music use in posts – report Negotiations ongoing according to Wall Street Journal
News Sofar Sounds raises $25m to help ‘scale the artist-fan connection globally’ Raise is being led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Ventures
News Universal Music Publishing Group signs Logic to exclusive administration deal Logic has amassed billions of streams and sold over five million albums
News Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys Jamie Scott catalog 'Jamie Scott has been the UK’s most consistent hitmaker of the last 10 years.'
News Pro Music Rights inks deal with Billboard-charting act OG Maco 'The industry should take note that artists will no longer have to stand idle while their royalties are tied up in an opaque, antiquated system.'
News Sony Music to deliver ‘Real Time’ royalty data to artists, and enable monthly cash withdrawals 'Real Time Royalties' and 'Cash Out' set to make life much easier for Sony acts
News Spirit B-Unique inks deal with Jon Shave from songwriting/music production trio The Invisible Men The Invisible Men's songs have been streamed over 2.5bn times on Spotify
Analysis Instagram’s new e-commerce features could transform music marketing – but only if the record industry is willing to change Should record labels start approaching Instagram differently?